Our parents were looking for shells in the late 70’s and then in the early 80’s and 90’s six kids were born into our family to also be raised with the same love and passion of searching for sea shells, surfing, fishing, ocean activities and country living. While home schooling at a young age we spent endless hours on the beaches and in the waters. We had a deep love for all ocean activities. Learning the science of how the ocean swell directions, tides, beach erosion etc would bring shells to different beaches. We were very blessed to be looking for sea shells throughout our childhood, and all the way to this present day. In our childhood, there was less people on the North Shore of Oahu. Also sunrise shells were not that popular as they are nowadays. Locals knew of the rare vibrant colored shells but not tourist and foreigners. We use to call the shells the rainbow shells as they where found in different vibrant colors of the rainbow. They are so hard to find. You don’t find sunrise shells, they find you. We also collected puka shells and a variety of other Hawaiian shells always hoping to find the sunrise. It was super rare and like finding a Hawaiian diamond. To this present day I personally love shell hunting and gathering and love creating beautiful sea shell jewelry. My twin brother and I still live on the North Shore and always search for shells. We also both now have daughters and are sharing the knowledge with the next generation. We always teach them to never take no live shells and they both love searching the beaches and diving in the shore breaks. It’s the best feeling seeing our daughters with that same love and passion and water knowledge that we had at that young age. My twin brother and I have become known as DaBraddahs. We now search from the beaches to 130 feet deep. We love the under water world.
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