Today I did my first scuba dive...in Maui of all places!!! We went with Lahaina Divers, a local dive company. They did a great job introducing all us newbies to the ABCs of diving and then we were off for our first dive. After passing a few short tests, we started our first of two dives. Not 30 seconds into the dive and a HUGE giant sea tortoise swam right over us. REALLY amazing. From there it was lots of beautiful coral and many, many species of fish. Being a rower with a big set of lungs I was the first one up from the dive. Our 2nd dive was closer to shore over an old pier that had fallen during a hurricane. The town deciced to leave the broken pieces of pier in the water to assist coral development and provide habitat for fish spieces. A great conservation story but also awesome for divers. I was lucky enought to see two more tortoises and many other species of fish.
