This puffer is getting a cleaning by the local cleaner wrasse. Its fun to sit and watch the cleaner station and see what fish come by to get parasites removed. Olowalu, Maui.

There is a massive school of these at Honolua Bay, its entertaining to swim among them. They get to be about 4 inches long and seem to stay in one place all the time, although I have read they will go for a month or two and then come back.

These turtles were just sitting there piled up at a cleaner station at Honolua Bay. I’ll give turtle of the day to the top turtle.

You can really see in this eels throat when he has his mouth open wide. I am not sure why he had his mouth open that wide. Honolua Bay, Maui.

Just waiting for a meal to swim by, thats what hawkfish do. You can get pretty close because they think they are so camaflauge and can’t see them. The sound of the camera shutter usually scares them when you get a close up so you only have one shot at it. Honolua Bay, Maui.

Here is a mobile algae mower, these fish eat nonstop during the day. Honolua Bay, Maui.

This is a good sized school of lowfin chub that lives in Honolua Bay. They come around looking for food as soon as we show up with the kayaks.