[TR] Maui

[shapp]

Trip: Maui

 

Date: 12/8-14/2010

 

Trip Report:

Maui is great in December!

 

Highlights included snorking with >40 sea turtles within 150 feet of our condo, mass cocktails, coconut porter from Maui Brewery, getting the older sister-in-law married off, some of the best sushi I ever had, snorking 2 marine sanctuaries, and a good day of surfing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gear Notes:

snorkel gear and underwater camera, coconut porter from Maui Brewery

 

Approach Notes:

flip flops and shorts

Edited December 19, 2010 by shapp

[ivan]

man, you gave up the non-stop gray and gloom of the northwest for this?!?

[leearden]

F@ off!!!!

[leearden]

...uhm..... i mean.......

nice pics.......... real pretty. looks beautiful,.......

[leearden]

thank you for sharing!

 

[denalidave]

Flip flops are AID!

[mountainsloth]

did you at least boulder on those lovely rocks?

[shapp]

I can't concern my self with anything less than 5 pitches when there is warm water and surf to be had!

[Lisa_D]

I'm waiting to get on a plane to go to Mississippi, and this is killing me! Beautiful photos and looks like a wonderful time.

[stevetimetravlr]

Did you do any body whomping at Baldwins? its da place mon.

[shapp]

No Bra, we hit Honolua and C.T. fleming for Da Kines, still got water in the ears from some big WHOMPINGS!

Edited December 19, 2010 by shapp

[stevetimetravlr]

DT Flemings is a great place for body surfing, right on! Ya got to try Baldwins, just walk down the beach about 100 yards to the left from the parking lot, and it is more private and the waves better with a little sandbar under the water you can't see. That little spot at Baldwins is called Boobs Beach, as it is away from the main crowds so the gals stroll down the beach and lay out there topless, so another added benefit to an already amazing spot. Honolua is better for a boogie board or of course surfing. I remember just me and my buddy being the only guys out one special day, small waves, and then it just pumped up. We were the only ones out for about half a hour, just getting ride after ride, so thick and hollow and tube-u-lar,just awesome. I loved that place until a friend of mine died there on a big day. His lease got tangled in the under water cave rocks and they couldn't find him for a few days. It seemed kind of wierd to me to surf there after that, it just felt errie. Great marine park there to snorkel on a calm day.

[shapp]

That is interesting about Honolua, there were only a couple people out there when we were there, and although it was a great place, it felt a bit unsettling, I thought because of the weird private land scene at the beach, but maybe it was the spirits.

 

There as actually a very surfable wave forming on the extreme north (right hand side looking out toward the water) at Flemming. It was actaully barreling a bit. Few people on that side of the beach when we were there!

Edited December 19, 2010 by shapp

[stevetimetravlr]

Honolua is a powerful place spiritually and allot of people have died surfing there. There is no outer reef and you are surfing right on the brink of the chasm of the deep blue Pacific. so the Landlord is always close by and the wave is very thick and the coast is rugged and wild with Molokai right across the channel from you. Spectacular.

Yes, right side of Flemings is da spot. Try surfing/boogie board Kahului harbor which is near the airport. There is a really nice break there. Its a juicy wave, always going off. Drive way out on the west jetty to the end and you'll see it right inside the harbor mouth.

Edited December 19, 2010 by stevetimetravlr

[t_rutl]

fantastic trip! what part of the island did you stay?

 

got back from 2 weeks just before you went.

 

amazing place although it totally killed the stoke for ice climbing i had...

[shapp]

Kahana at the Noelani Condo Resort nice accomodations at a reasonable price. It is a rocky shore in front but it has mass sea turtles all the time feeding there.

[Lucky Larry]

yep, another close call for lucky after getting smashed into the shore break, i was lucky to walk away past the shore break warning signs. RRRRRRRRR no pirates?