La Perouse Bay is down in South Maui near the very bottom of the island - basically as far as you can drive south. We hiked over sharp lava rock along the right side of the bay, which brought us to coves 3 and 4. We bypassed coves 1 and 2 because the guide book said the snorkeling was not as good in those coves. Bill and I had some debate whether we actually were at coves 3 and 4, as nothing is marked and there are tons of little coves and pools besides the bigger ones to confuse you. But we did settle on the correct thing and donned our snorkel gear and hopped in. These coves had decent visibility, not as good as some spots around the island with over 100 foot visibility, but enough to see tons of fish that were swimming around in there. We spent a couple hours snorkeling around these coves before heading back over the sharp lava to our car.
We had some debate over whether to hike further over the lava to the Aquarium (we've heard it is great snorkeling), but Bill's reef shoes had begun to bother him, so we decided to come back another morning. Another factor in this was that as the morning progresses, La Perouse becomes progressively windier, making snorkeling pretty rough. We plan to return early some other morning.
We returned to the b&b for lunch (leftovers from dinner) and then went down to Big Beach for the afternoon. Right is a pic of Bill bodysurfing which he did for quite a while. Big Beach was less windy than other beaches, which was a great plus, as well as being picturesque.
We ate at Cafe o' Lei, a pacific rim type restaurant which was fabulous. We plan to eat those leftovers tomorrow night for dinner!
By the way Sue, the half suit has totally been the thing! The water is up toward 80 degrees for the most part, but the suit makes swimming for a long time even with no sun shining, much nicer! Plus it keeps the sun off! (the sun is usually shining)
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