Page 197 - Hawaii: Diving, Surfing, Pearl Harbor, Volcanoes and More

PAGE 2 DIVE AND SNORKELING SITE DERSCRIPTIONS – arches, lava tubes, colorful corals, trumpetfish, eels, eagle rays, jacks.
KONA COAST Caution: Currents, surge, deep drop-off.

PENTAGON 10’ - 35’ (6 - 12m) Beg. Excellent shallow boat dive. PYRAMID PINNACLE 65’ - 100’+’ (20 - 20m+) Int. - Adv. Boat
Excellent snorkeling with superb cavern network. Best fish variety dive with rapid drop-off into clear, deep water, scattered boulders,
in region. Can be snorkeled from beach. scattered coral heads, all kinds of reef fish in large numbers. Note:
Kona Coast fisheries management area zone - No collecting or feed-
ROBERT’S REEF 20’ - 60’+ (6 - 18m) Beg. - Adv. Boat dive with ing.
lava shelf, colorful coral heads, pyramid butterflies, sergeant majors,
octopuses, spinner dolphins. Caution: Deep drop-off, currents. SUCK-EM-UP CAVERN 30’ - 60’ (9 - 18m) Beg. - Adv. Boat dive
with 100’ (30m) long lava tube with skylights. Corals, Moorish
HOOVER’S TOWER (OTEC) 30’ - 60’ (9 - 18m) Beg. - Adv. Boat idols, puffers, threadfin butterflies, trumpetfish, eels, lobsters, shells.
dive at Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion site (Franko worked on Good cave for beginners.
“OTEC” here.) Lava rock, cauliflower and antler corals, scorpion-
fish, eagle rays, “Hoover” the mustacheod conger eel. LONE TREE ARCH 20’ - 60’ (6 - 18m) Beg. - Adv. Boat dive
with large archway (aka “BIG ARCH”), lava rocks, sand chutes, coral
GARDEN EEL COVE 30’ -80’ (21 - 24m) Beg. - Int. Beach or boat heads, orange cup coral, coral shrimp, frogfish, yellow tangs, cleaner
dive at Kona International Airport. Rocky & sandy bottom with wrasse. Caution: Surgy by shore
garden eels, surrounding reef. Great boat dive at night to see manta
rays (Franko loves this dive). TURTLE HAVEN/TURTLE PINNACLE to 60’ (18m) Beg. - Int.
Beach or boat dives. Both areas are haven to green sea turtles.
HIGH ROCK, PHANTOM RIDGE, CARPENTER’S HOUSE 10’ - Cleaning station for turtles with rainbow cleaner wrasse. Parrotfish,
60’ (6 - 18m) Beg. - Adv. Boat dives with lava pinnacles, arches, octopuses, eels, scorpionfish.
caves, Heller’s barracuda, pyramid butterflyfish, shrimp, octopuses,
turtles. Caution: Currents, deep drop-off. MORAY EEL COVE 30’ - 60’ (9 - 18m) Beg. - Adv. Beach or boat
dive with a sandy bottom. Green coral reef, yellow margin, white
GOLDEN ARCHES 30’ -50’ (9 - 15m) Beg. - Adv. Boat dive with mouth, zebra & dragon morays, Spanish dancer, butterflyfish,
archways & bridges in lava rock, white sand, corals, various butter- dolphins. Eel breeding site.
flyfishes, Potter’s angelfish, blueline snapper, photogenic staghorn
coral on south side. KAIWI POINT (FISH ROCK) 15’ - 60’ (5 - 18m) Beg. - Int.
Rocky shore dive with large boulders, finger coral, all kinds of
PINE TREES POINT 15’ - 60’ (5- 18m) Beg. - Adv. Boat dive with tropical reef rish, huge schools of black durgon and milletseed