A real favorite of divers and snorkelers, Maui sea turtles can bring many emotions to photography. From majestic to humorous and from awe to ahhhh. This ever expanding collection is a personal quest to always find another. Except where otherwise noted, all of the turtles in this gallery are Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles, known in Hawaii as Honu. All images were shot in the wild with special care taken not to disturb the natural habits or habitats of the animals.
~Honu Sunburst~
Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle, or honu, and a beautiful Maui Sunburst.
~Lei of Tangs~
This Green Sea Turtle is getting cleaned by Yellow Tangs. Like most surgeonfish, yellow tangs are algae eaters. This works well for the turtles that are unable to wash their own backs. Yellow tangs are the number one fish caught here in Hawaii for export to the aquarium market and are becoming very rare on some the Islands. Please don't buy any wild fish for your aquariums. You will make the turtles very happy.
~Comin' Atcha~
Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle curiosity.
~Honu and the Clear Blue Sky~
Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle hovering near the surface on a bright blue day.
~Honu and Lauipala~
This Green Sea Turtle (honu) is getting cleaned by Yellow Tangs (lauipala). Like most surgeonfish, yellow tangs are algae eaters. This works well for the turtles that are unable to wash their own backs. Yellow tangs are the number one fish caught here in Hawaii for export to the aquarium market and are becoming very rare on some the Islands. Please don't buy any wild fish for your aquariums. You will make the turtles very happy.
~Dinner~
The Honu is taking advantage of a high tide to get at some of his otherwise unreachable red seaweed.
~Reflections at Dinner~
A different crop of the "Dinnertime" image focusing more on the turtle and the bit of reflection.
A different crop of the "Dinnertime" image focusing more on the turtle and the bit of reflection.
~The Ascent~
Like us, turtles need to come up eventually for air, just not nearly as soon. This one is making a quick air break from his comfortable resting spot on the Saint Anthony's Wreck off the coast of Maui.
~Silhouetted Honu~
The sun peeking from behind a turtle at the surface.
The sun peeking from behind a turtle at the surface.
~Resting Honu~
Oddly, there are only certain places where the Green Sea Turtles haul themselves out of the water to rest.
Oddly, there are only certain places where the Green Sea Turtles haul themselves out of the water to rest.
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