Maui Ocean Center

On Saturday the weather was supposed to be overcast with a possibility of rain, so we decided to head to Maalea to the Maui Ocean Center Aquarium to be inside and out of the rain.  We did learn however that it really doesn't rain on Maui, it just sort of mists and lasts only a few minutes.
Here we are at the aquarium.......... we saw so many amazing fish it was a great day!

A sea horse

Here are the kids looking at the living reef

A lot of the aquarium was outside, it didn't rain but it was windy!!  Here is Makenna holding a starfish!

Chris reaching in to grab one..... and then my turn!

Baylie wasn't afraid to touch the starfish

There were several types of star fish along with some sea anemone, sea cucumbers and oysters - Lindsay has a starfish but it's not your typical kind

In front of the living reef

I think I was trying to help Baylie pick up a star fish

Inside, they had a huge area where sharks, rays, tuna's and all sorts of other fish lived.  This guy kept swimming over us while we were in the tunnel - we loved it!

Shark!!  The other fish are tuna and you can see a ray along the bottom

Ali, Baylie and Jace sat in front of the glass mesmerized!

Cute Baylie sitting on a wooden turtle.........

We enjoyed the day at Maui Ocean Center, it was a great opportunity to see all sorts of fish and marine life that we normally don't get to see. Kenna and Chris saw some cool things snorkeling that they recognized from the aquarium.  It never did rain and the kids were anxious to get back to the resort to swim and hit the beach!