Honu hanging out in Poipu … Mele Kalikimaka 2025

[JohnnyO]

Count at 43 now … one just left the party. Two more coming. Poipu Beach. Several volunteers keeping the tourist at bay. What a blessing.

 

[1Kflyerguy]

Wow, I usually see turtles and monk seals there, but haven't seen that many at one time.

 

[JohnnyO]

One monk seal closer to the WhySoHigh

 

[pedro47]

Are they sunbathing. LOL

 

[sponger76]

Are they sunbathing. LOL

Yep. They do that a lot.

 

[artringwald]

Have they stopped trying to rope off the area around them?

 

[rickandcindy23]

Turtle Beach on Maui is a fun place to take kids. AKA Ho'okipa Beach Park. There are always at least 20-30 there, but sometimes it's in the hundreds. Naturalists are often there to answer questions. It may not be a paid job but they are very good at answering kids' queries on the lives of sea turtles.

Great place to watch some crazy good surfers too. The waves in winter are impressive.

We occasionally see monk seals from Hono Koa, but the best view of monk seals is during fishing season from the high-rises, when one of the big fishing operations sets their gigantic net to catch fish. This particular time, a single monk seal gets in the action by jumping in and out of the net, stealing fish. It was fun to watch two years ago from our friends' 14th? floor at Kahana Beach. Maybe it's the 12th floor. That was spectacular. We spent hours watching them with the nets, pulling them up into large boats that were loaded with ice.

 

[JohnnyO]

Have they stopped trying to rope off the area around them?

There was some roping. A lot of signs and cones. Two volunteers. I just tried to keep that out of the picture. It was under control for the most part. People being responsible and respectful. The monk seal was clearly roped as usual.

 

[JohnnyO]

Wow, I usually see turtles and monk seals there, but haven't seen that many at one time.

By last count just before we left at sunset was 54 including one trying to make it in on rock shelf and three on the island. Lovely.

 

[mountainboy]

Lovely to see you folks enjoying Christmas in HI!
Did you folks check out P@P? (Any Updates there?)
Mahalo & Mele Kalikimaka!

 

[JohnnyO]

Lovely to see you folks enjoying Christmas in HI!
Did you folks check out P@P? (Any Updates there?)
Mahalo & Mele Kalikimaka!

We only drove by and went into the new home neighborhood as the gate was open. Nothing new to report sir. The new houses are fairly well spread out. I wouldn’t call it “a wall”.