Diving in the Open Ocean Tank 
October 2002

For my birthday, I got to dive in the Aquarium Maui's Open Ocean Tank: 23 sharks,
5 stingrays, 1 spotted eagle ray, and 3000 other fish!

 Getting the gear ready
Getting our gear ready to go in.

And I am ready                                        Entering the tank
                I'm excited and ready.       Getting my mask on as I sit on the platform ready for entry.
 

Apologies for the blurry pictures but it is hard to get the animals to hold still. Neil did a great job as photographer.

                          Inside the tank.                     Feeding clams to the spotted eagle ray, hihimanu in Hawaiian.

Most sharks swim continually to breath
Hard to keep the sharks from getting in the way of pictures.
Notice two more Sandbar Sharks on the right in the back.



Just hanging out!

Wow
What a fantastic experience!

Written November 2002

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