Swimming with Wild Dolphins - Traveling the Big Island, Hawaii - Day 3-1/2

       The main reason why my husband and I traveled the Big Island was that we really wanted to swim with wild dolphins in our lifetime! My husband found that there were some dolphin tours on the Big Island, and we finally chose Masashi's Nature School, a local Japanese tour operator. On January 2, my husband and I woke up early morning and had a light breakfast on our way to dolphin tour meeting place.

Masashi's Nature School

        When we arrived there, two friendly guides were waiting for us. Fortunately, members of the dolphin tour that day were only two of us. They provided snorkels, masks, fins and wetsuits. As soon as we got there, we tried those on for size.

Honokohau Small Boat Harbor

       A Japanese guide explain well us how to behave around wild dolphins. Before going to ocean, he told us make sure not to touch dolphins because it is against the law of state of Hawaii to harass wild dolphins. We rode the yellow Inflatable speed boat.

Honokohau Small Boat Harbor

       Despite a cloudy day, the sea was very calm. :)  However, the boat moved incredibly very fast, so the boat rocked violently back and forth. I was pretty scared and held tight to a handrail.

Dolphin Tour 



         After while, we saw some schools of wild dolphins swimming and spinning! We quickly went in water and saw beautiful wild dolphins swimming underneath us. We were able to hear dolphins' sonar in the water!

Swimming with Wild Dolphins

Swimming with Wild Dolphins

         Some dolphins came close to us and swam along us for a little while. :)


Swimming with Wild Dolphins

Swimming with Wild Dolphins

Swimming with Wild Dolphins

Swimming with Wild Dolphins

       Swimming with wild dolphins was truly amazing experience, and it was the most memorable one during our travel on the Big Island. :)

       We bought Sony Action Cam, a waterproof action camera, prior to our trip to Hawaii and recorded in water that day. :) I uploaded this YouTube video, Swimming with Wild Dolphins in Hawaii.

     Masashi's Nature School
http://www.minshuku.us/tour/dolphin.html



        My entries related to our traveling on the Big Island can be seen here.
http://itisapieceofcake2011.blogspot.com/search/label/Hawaii%20%28the%20Big%20Island%29





      Today's Vocabularies
try on for size : サイズが合うかどうか着てみる
inflatable boat : 膨らませて使うボート、ゴムボート
hold tight to : ～にしっかりとつかまる