So, we took our WP to the North Shore today for their tahnk you gift. My MOH is a fisheries biologist, so we figured we'd take her on a shark dive. We also took the BM, MOH's boyfriend and FI sister, since his Brother's wife (BM) couldn't make the wedding. We then went surfing, which the MOH had found on Groupon. Long day, but awesome.
Shark Dive - Hawaii Shark Encounters - They were awesome. Very laid back. There were 12 people on the boat, so 6 in each dive group. It was a 15 min ride out, then we went in the cage first for 20 or so minutes, then the other group, then a ride back. I get slightly sea sick, but this was insane!! I have never come so close to puking from seasickness, and another girl did. The cage was really bouncy. I thought that once I was in the water, I'd be fine, as I was floating, but since you're holding on to it, you bounce too.
I actually got out a couple of minutes early cos I felt so bad. The tour guy hosed me down with warm water (amazing!!) and lent me a towel while I focused on the mountains. They were great and had lots of educational information about the sharks to keep us enterained while the second group was down in the cage. Totally recommend it if you're fine with either super big waves or don't mind puking over the side if you do get sick. I can't post photos though cos our camera was HD and they're too big for TK
Surfing - North Shore Surf Adventures - Awesome too. We had 2 instructor for out group of 6. They took us out to a good beginner spot, gave us quick instructions and let us go for almost 2 hours. Only bad thing was finding out at the end that they didn't take credit cards and having to borrow $50 or find an ATM at the end. Thankfully we had the 4 groupons already paid for.