Page 220 - Hawaii: Diving, Surfing, Pearl Harbor, Volcanoes and More

SEVEN POOLS 30’ - 60’ (9 - 18m) Adv. Rocky entry in generally THE DUMPS Screaming left barrels over dangerous lava & coral
heavy surf. Lava arches. Caves. Colorful corals. Large fish. Caution: bottom. S swells can create double-overhead surf
Must check in with Nat’l Park rangers to dive. Hazardous big surf
much of the time. Seldom divable

HALEKI’I PT. 30’- 80’ (9 - 24m) Int. - Adv. Rocky entry. Colorful
reefs. Numerous rocks break surface. Caution: Exposed to swells,
usually inaccessible except a few winter days

PI’ILANI HWY is narrow, and mostly dirt from KA’EHO’EHO to
NU’U & is sometimes impassible, but this is a fabulously scenic
route from Pools of O’heo to Kahului

NU’U BAY 10’ - 110’ (3 - 33m) Int. - Adv. Enter at protected cove.
Lots of big fish. Gray reef sharks. Manta rays. Eagle rays. Spinner
dolphins. Lobsters. Octopuses. Caution: Eastward currents during
tide change
KAHAWAIHAPAPA POINT 20’- 50’ (6 - 15m) Adv. Cave Certi-
fiedJeep trail. Tough hike. Rocky entry. Big waves. Winter dive only.
Seldom dived. Three caves. Squrrel fish. Lobsters. Caution: Danger-
ous dive in general. Advanced cave divers only

LA PEROUSE BAY 15’ - 50’ (5 - 15m) Beg. - Int. Rocky entry.
Lava & coral protrude from white sandy bottom. Tiger moray eels.
Parrotfish. Porcupinefish. Trumpetfish. Surgeonfish. Urchins in
shallows. Spinner dolphins sometimes tease divers. Reserve

LA PEROUSE PT. - S swells create super fast hollow left barrels
that can go double overhead when La Haina is barely knee high.
Lava, coral, jumbled rocks make this spot dangerous. Experts only.
Marine reserve