Headed out early to catch an ocean raft out of Lahaina with Terry and Lisa. The raft held us, plus 5 other tourists and 3 crew. Headed across the channel towards Lanai in calm water. Saw two baby Humpback whales with their mothers and one other "companion" whale. Spent a lot of time playing with spinner dolphins. Doing this on a raft is great because you're right on the water.

After the dolphins,we pulled into a bay which is a marine reserve on the south tip of Lanai, for snorkeling. The water was about 15 feet deep, full of coral and colorful tropical fish. It was like swimming in an aquarium.

After the boat trip we spent the afternoon snoozing on the beach in the shade of palms and other trees. We stopped for smoothies at a fruit stand, then headed south to Kihea (pronounced key-hay). Found a nice beach to watch the sunset and then dinner at Pita Paradise. Then back to Paia.

Sunset at Kihea.