Photos from Saturday's (10/11) dive on Maui

[Gilligan]

Today's dive was on a sunken World War II LVT-4 Tracked Landing Vehicle at 60 feet in the Makena area of South Maui. The wreck is in fairly good shape considering it has been down since the mid 1940's.
Photo 1 is of the vehicle.
Photo 2 is a small Moray Eel inside some of the hardware on the vehicle.
Photo 3 is a large Moray Eel under the vehicle with a Banded Coral Shrimp nearby. There is a Clear Cleaner Shrimp on the eel's chin than I didn't notice until I viewed the photo at home.
Photo 4 is a Whitetip Reef Shark circling the vehicle.

 

[Dee]

I love the Moray Eel in the pipe! I miss your pop up info, though. I've gotten sort of used to checking your exposures.

 

[Otter]

Thanks for sharing.....is the WWII vehicle accessible via shore or do you NEED a kayak?

 

[TedJ]

Really enjoyed your site, its layout and organization. Reminded me of my one visit to Maui ten years ago. Thanks for sharing. TedJ

 

[Gilligan]

Aloha Otter & TedJ,
I consider that WWII wreck to be a boat/kayak dive. It is quite a distance from shore to qualify as a shore dive, especially if there is a strong current as was the case on this dive.
That said, I have seen "local boy" free divers swim out to it on the surface then dive on it for fish. I was scuba diving on it one time and a local boy free diver dropped down and sat on the bottom for a bit and gave me the "shaka" sign.
I am one of those people that equates being on the surface in the open ocean the same as being "bait".
Thanks TedJ for the compliment on my site.

:shades:

 

[kelpdiver]

Great eel shots. You took me to this site in your inflatable in '97; when we got there, there was the biggest turtle I'd ever seen laying inside. If I ever find my prints from the MX-10 I'd rented, I'll scan and send your way. I recall a lot of backscatter, but maybe you can clean them up.
Keep on postin'