Maui Surf!

High surf advisory is verifying on Maui! The spray on the right side of the picture is perhaps 40 feet above sea level as the waves crash on the cliffs below.

A side view of the surf pounding the coast. Molokai in the background.

When I made a reservation to stay at Napili Point, about 10 miles north of Lahaina, I had no idea that it was a primo surf spot during big wave events. But it is...and with today's huge waves, the elite surfies came out to play. Great athletes in a fabulous natural setting...quite a spectacle!

Sunset at Napili tonight...Dec 2. Big swells still coming in. Pic taken from my Lanai. This is my first visit to Maui in about ten years...I should come more often!

Compare the previous pix to this one, taken two days earlier on Nov 30, again from my lanai. No surf at all! It's always fascinating to be by the ocean, which is constantly changing and never boring. Though you can't see them in this pic, sea turtles hang out in this bay. Usually they swim with snorkelers during the day, as they did later on Nov 30. But today...Dec 2...the high surf kept the snorkelers away and the turtles shared the bay with the surfies. Lanai island is in the background.