Mud micro-atolls or ??

MikeSevernsDiving Maui - History/Events 2 Comments

While driving along North Kihei Road, something caught my eye in the standing water behind the big dune near the Whale Sanctuary Building. I knew it couldn’t be, but they looked just like the coral micro-atolls in the Olowalu area. But these were in fresh/brackish water where corals would not be living, so what could they be? I had to …

Reef dynamiting and seawall building off of Kihei’s Kalama Park

MikeSevernsDiving Diving on Maui, Marine Life, Maui - History/Events 3 Comments

What it teaches us for Ukumehame and Olowalu Forty years ago a fanciful little piece titled “Our Living Reefs” filled some space in a corner of a page in the The Maui News. It contained flowery words such as “rainbow profusion” and “underwater fairyland.” But it also contained eight surprisingly wise words that we’ve seemingly forgotten today. The eight words were …