And places explored just last summer. And places newly discovered this year. We'd love this underwater place even if there weren't turtles living here. But there are. Lots of them.
Every summer brings with it new faces.
The newest brightest face at Honokowai this summer was Pumehana. Typically she'd go for air the moment we arrived, then watch us from the safety of the surface. But it didn't take long for her to greet our arrival with nonchalance and later, announce her own arrival by landing on me, beside me, or even under me. We named her Ho'omalu and she provided us with many special memories. And my best photograph of the summer.