Swimming with Wild Dolphins ~ Jan. 30, 2010
We spent the weekend at a small island off Maui where the wild dolphins come in to rest in the sandy bay. Before they sleep they are extremely playful, spinning and darting around in circles. It was one of the most exciting things I’ve ever done, and if you know me, you know that is saying a lot.
Nina Cherry on Maui retreat with dolphins
We saw between 60-80 spinners: big male dolphins and mother dolphins with little babies.
They swam around us and jumped out of the water over our heads—for three hours at a time! Lucky I have a great wetsuit so I can stay warm out in the ocean for a long time. It is just so exciting and I don’t want to come in when the dolphins are in the bay!
They come to Maui too, to LaPerouse Bay in Makena, but there are many more people in the water there, it is rocky with rougher seas and you have to swim way out to be with them. Here on this small island, there were only a few other people in the water with us, and the dolphins came in so close to the shore.
- Nina Cherry swimming with dolphins
The Department of Land and Natural Resources is giving tickets to people who swim agressively around the dolphins. $1000.00 tickets I heard! We are always respectful and swim carefully with the pods.
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