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When you study Franko’s Dive Map of Kauai, your eye starts go around and thus it has a separate detail on side two as well. Kayaking Kauai
and around this nearly-circular island. Dive spot after dive spot is stud- is another great sport and a wonderful activity for tourists. Since this
ied, and then you just have to look at all of the Hawaiian reef creatures watersport is also one of my personal favorites, and since I’ve kayaked
on the map, which number something like 7 dozen. The captions de- in Kauai, I’ve added some brief descriptions of Kauai’s fantastic choice
scribe dozens of snorkelling and scuba diving spots all around Kauai, places to rent and paddle your kayak. Below, side two of Franko’s Dive
from Poipu on the south to Tunnels Beach on the north, with details Map of Kauai is described. However, on side 1 the following captions
of the dive sites to invite you for your own underwater exploration. describe diving, plus kayaking:

The map image of the Island of Kauai is generated by some fancy com-
puter graphics, converting what we call “digital elevation models” into
green shaded relief, so you can see the shores, the hills and the valleys
exactly how they actually are. The roads were added by yours truly and
then colored gold, because Kauai is so beautiful and it requires beauti-
ful colors to do it justice. Each of the island’s main points of interest
are denoted as well, although full descriptions of the things to see and
do are reserved for Franko’s Guide Map of Kauai. Franko’s Dive Map
of Kauai is for diving, snorkelling, kayaking, hiking, exploring, and is
generally for anyone who loves Kauai, The Garden Isle.

The ocean is depicted in beautiful turquoise colors all around Kauai,
with descending colors representing the depths. Depth contours are
from nautical charts of Kauai, as provided by the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). You can see just how deep
the ocean quickly becomes as you go away from shore. The result of
pure inspiration, Kauai looks like a beautiful emerald jewel sitting on
the ocean blue. And it really does look just so beautiful.

Going counter-clockwise around the island there are dive site descrip-
tions. However, the number of sites to dive on the South Shore are so
many that a separate detail is on side two for the map to zoom in on
the area. The same is true for the North Shore. The east shore is not
as dense with dive spots, but it is the most populous area of Kauai,