Maui 'Aumakua Swim

Maui 'Aumākua 2.4 Mile

Swim and Sprint Mile

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New Online Entry at Club Assistant: USMS or USA-Swimmers

6th Annual Maui 'Aumakua Swim

Labor Day, Monday, Sept 6, 2010

Entry Forms: Preferred method online with Club Assistant

(credit card OK, no extra cost)

online-USMS Entrants or online-USA-Swimmers. Or Paper.

< Click for large map of course overlaying satellite view. Click here for Google Map of Race Location.

You must be registered with USA-Swimming or with USMS to swim in this dual-sanctioned event.

8/24 Note: There will be no finish line on the beach ... the finish will be running up the path to the Makena Resort grassy area. Race instructions will take place up there (not on beach) also.

Tides, Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise, and Moonset for the 6th Annual Maui 'Aumakua Swim 9/6/10 will be:

TIDES: Hi 1:56am +1.19ft Lo 7:47am -0.08ft Hi 2:53pm +2.02ft

Sunrise: 6:10am Sunset: 6:36pm

Moonrise 4:21am. Waning Crescent. Moonset 5:22pm. New Moon Wed Sept 8 12:30am HST.

The Maui Channel Swim takes place from Lanai to Kaanapali Saturday September 4, 2010 (official 2009 results are posted at MCS website and here).

Net proceeds from this swim benefit two non-profit co-hosting swim clubs on Maui: Maui Dolphins Swim Club (USA-S) and Maui Masters Swim Club (USMS). We try to keep costs of running a safe and fun swim low with the generosity of our sponsors and volunteers.

Click here for an article in MauiTime about sharks ... with a note about 'Aumakua. For more information on the sea life we swim with, see this presentation created by one of our Maui Masters and Maui Dolphins coaches: Dave Rostetter. And another current article from the Maui News about Pink Cap Maui ocean swimmers. And an article from last year in Hana Hou Magazine regarding channel swimmers.

'Aumākua: Family or personal gods, deified ancestors who might assume the shape of sharks (all islands except Kaua'i), owls (as at Mānoa, O'ahu and Ka'ū and Puna, Hawai'i), hawks (Hawai'i) 'elepaio, 'iwi, mudhens, octopuses, eels, mice, rats, dogs, caterpillars, rocks, cowries, clouds, or plants. A symbiotic relationship existed; mortals did not harm or eat 'aumākua (they fed sharks), and 'aumākua warned and reprimanded mortals in dreams, visions, and calls.

"The Arch". For more pictures of this part of the ocean, check out our Sunday swims at Tropical Light Photography.

Current Weather in Wailea (just north of Makena) and at Kahului (Maui airport)

For more info on Hawaiian (including Maui) beach safety, check the new UH website. More beach safety can be found on this Kaua'i site, too. And Oahu's lifeguard page.

See these other sites for references about 'Aumakua: Coffee Times, article from Honolulu Advertiser, a definition, or from KCC.

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