2013 'Aumakua Swim

• Maui Channel Swim is applying for USMS sanction; if MCS happens, we'll run the 'Aumakua.

• Our Venue will be changing (unfortunately - no "arch") to Makena "Big" Beach, or Kameole I-II-III

• This will be USMS sanctioned swim, no USA-Swimming (under 18) swimmers.

2011 Results

☺ THANK YOU! ☺

MCS Website

Entry Forms: Preferred method is online with Club Assistant

(credit card OK, no extra cost)

online-USMS Entrants or online-USA-Swimmers.

or paper 2011 Form

Click above for large map of course overlaying satellite view and beach setup. Click here for Google Map of Race Location.  Safety info.

You must be registered with USA-Swimming or with USMS to swim in this dual-sanctioned event.  OneEvent 2011 USMS Form. FullYear 2011 USMS Reg.

OCEAN, TIDE AND WEATHER INFO

 Average Water temperature 79F (27C) this time of year.  Click for Typical weather. Tides, Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise, and Moonset for the 7th Annual Maui 'Aumakua Swim 9/5/11 are in table at left.

The Maui Channel Swim takes place from Lanai to Kaanapali Saturday September 3, 2011.

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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Sponsors 2011

*Roarockit

*Menehune Mano

*Cuca Maluca

*Krueger & Keck

*Down to Earth

*Milagros

*Flatbread

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