This delightful video of green sea turtles, with which we can wind down at the end of the week, has been provided by Jason (wreathian) who shot it while scuba diving off the eastern coast of Oahu, Hawaii. The area is known to the locals as Hawaii Kai and Jason says that although it is not a particularly great area for diving, it boasts several 'cleaning stations' where green sea turtles come to have their shells tidied up by shrimp and other small fish.
No soundtrack but wonderfully relaxing to watch these beautiful creatures in their own environment.
On December 6, 2007 the controversial Hawaii Superferry finally gets to begin daily round-trip voyages between Oahu and Maui.
The ferry is scheduled to leave Honolulu at 6:30 p.m. and arrive in Kahului at 10:15 a.m. Then it departs Kahului at 11:15 a.m. and arrives in Honolulu at 2:15 p.m.
News of a new Hawaiian island ferry which will offer a daily service between Oahu and Maui, and also offer a service between Oahu - Kauai which will operate everyday except Saturday. The ferry service begins in July and will be expanded in 2009, with another ferry that will operate between Oahu and Hawaii, while also providing a second daily service between Oahu and Maui.
Hawaii Superferry's catamaran-style vessels are environmentally friendly, designed and operated to take care of all ocean life and each island's unique ecosystem; even the ferry routes are modified during the Whale season.
With island hopping becoming so easy and journey times of around 3 to 4.5 hrs, presumably there is plenty of space to store all those surf boards they can expect to accompany foot passengers.
