Jess Swims with the Turtles and the Sharks!

Once Jess arrived, we planned to return to the same spot I scuba dived before as I enjoyed it so much.

It started out fairly tame with a spotted Box fish.

Then a huge bright yellow trumpet fish came along. This fish was about 4 feet long and is apparently quite rare.

Jess had always loved Green Sea Turtles so when we came across one sleeping I knew she would be excited!

He or she looked so peaceful just lying there on the old concrete pier. You can see the green algae growing on their shell.

I took a few videos to give you a better ideas of how large and how graceful they are.

The last one is a different type of turtle, it's a hawksbill turtle.

Then we swam a bit further and came across a seven foot reef shark hiding under the concrete. I managed to get Jess and the shark in the same picture.

Then the shark started to move so both of us backed up to give it some room. I don't think either of us wanted that shark to feel that we were trying to box it in!

It moved on a little ways and joined another shark circling under the pier. They both looked a little mean but our diving guide swam right under with them to try and get a better picture. He was a laid back surfer dude kind of guy and the sharks didn't bother him at all!

We ran across one more shark on our way back to shore.

It was quite exciting for Jess's first dive in Maui and her first in two years with a number of different fish, 4 or 5 turtles and 3 fairly large sharks cruising around.