Page 198 - Hawaii: Diving, Surfing, Pearl Harbor, Volcanoes and More

OLD AIRPORT 20’ - 30’ (6 - 9m) Beg. - Int. Entry on sand & pahooe- POINT”. Large Christmas tree coral. Large skylit cavern to south.
hoe (smooth) lava 300’ (90m) north of parking lot. 2nd entry 750’ CHIMNEY 6’’ - 70’ (15 - 21m) Int. - Adv. Vertical lava tube may be
further north pahooehoe shelf into 20’ (6m) deep water. Small caves & entered at 60’ on calm days, exit at 6’. Reef wall, lobsters, scorpionfish,
holes, lionfish, cleaner wrasse servicing fishes, moray eels, eagle rays, colorful invertebrates, corals and sponges.
manta rays, lots of shellfish, on south side is lava archway.
LONG LAVA TUBE (AMPHITHEATER) 25’ - 40’ (8 - 12m) Int.
KAILUA 20’ - 35’ (6 - 11m) Beg. - Int. Easy beach entry at the South- - Adv. Boat dive off “RED HILL” area. Entrance to 120’ (36m) long
ern little beach by pier. Stay S of buoys and boats. Coral encrusted cave at 35’ (11m) depth. Cave has sunlit holes. Lots of fish, corals,
anchors, lava flats w/ shelves, nudibranchs, seastars, crabs, shrimp, oc- nudibranchs, cowries, pipefish, yellowmargin eels. Lava walls with
topus, cardinalfish, whitetip reef sharks. Good night dive. nooks & crannies.

MANTA RAYS 20’ - 40’ (6 - 12m) Beg. - Int. Boat night dive. Fa- KEALAKEKUA BAY 5’ - 100’+ (2 - 30m+) Beg. - Int. Easy sandy
vorite Kona Coast dive to view manta rays at night. Mantas to 14’ beach entry. Fabulously diverse dive area for snorkeling or scuba.
(5m) wingspan. Excellent for scuba or snorkeling. Dive magazine Huge sandy area to right. Reef area to right. All kinds of reef fish,
rates this amongst top 10 dives in the world. barracuda, ulua, eels, lobsters, octopuses, freshwater springs, turtles.

PAHOEHOE BEACH PARK 15’ - 40’ (3 - 12m) Beg. - Int. Enter at KEEI 15’ - 100’ (3 - 30m) Beg. - Adv. Lava shelf entry just S of under-
tiny beach at north end of park. Rocky, sandy bottom. Blueline but- water park. Extremely clear water. Colorful corals, many tropical reef
terflyfish, green sea turtles, 7-11 crabs. Caution: Waves fishes, whitetip reef sharks, turtles, seastars, moray eels, garden eels in
sand at 90’ (27m) depth, stonefish.
MILE 4 5’ - 50’ (2 - 15m) Beg. - Int. Boat dive or easy entry on rocky
beach. Common intraductory dive. Reef triggerfish (Humuhumu PLACE OF REFUGE (TWO STEP) 0’ - 100’ (0 - 30m) Beg. - Adv.
Nukunuku Apuaa), Moorish idols. Most diverse, accessible, excellent shore dive site on Hawaii. Easy
beach entry. Many reef fish, yellow tang, Moorish idols, achilles tang,
KAHALUU to 30’ (9m) Beg. - Int. Easy beach dive. Possibly the best green sea turtles, crown of thorns seastars. Snorkelers see dolphins
snorkeling in the State of Hawaii. Fed by fresh water spring, up to 10 here in the morning! Sandy flats are at 80’+ (24m+) depth. Caution:
million gallons per day. Almost always calm. Colorful corals, rock This area is sacred - Please be respectful.
formations, 100+ species of fishes, numerous invertebrates, green sea
turtles. Beach with showers, restrooms, picnic. INSIDE ILLUSIONS 30’ - 80’ (9 - 24m) Int. Boat dive with two huge
pinnacles, many canyons & holes inshore. Lionfish, pipefish, rare
FANTASEA REEF 12’ - 50’ (4 - 15m) Beg -Int. Boat dive. Whitetip yellowfin squirrelfish, razor wrasse, ghost shrimp, garden eels, tiger
reef shark give site alternate name, “MANO cowries.