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the tourists don their  snorkel gear  and             hiking,  exploring, and  is generally  for
            plunge into the most remote  waters on                anyone who loves Kauai, The Garden Isle.
            earth. That is an amazing feeling. The fish           The ocean is depicted in beautiful
            life on the  Na Pali coast is rich  and               turquoise colors  all around Kauai, with

            fabulous, just like all around Kauai, but it          descending colors representing the
            just feels more special than any place else.          depths. Depth contours are from nautical
            If it wasn't for those tour boats, the Na Pali        charts of Kauai,  as provided by the
            whitetip reef sharks, the saddleback                  National Oceanic and  Atmospheric
            butterflyfishes, and any number of other              Administration (NOAA). You can see just
            reef creatures would never know or care               how deep the ocean quickly becomes as
            that  humans  exist.  The  Na  Pali Coast             you go away from shore. The result  of

            visitors are also often treated to a show by          pure inspiration, Kauai looks like a
            spinner  dolphins. They seem to like the              beautiful emerald jewel sitting on the
            fact that humans come exploring. It gives             ocean blue. And it really does look just so
            them a chance to show off their spinning              beautiful.
            and leaping. It is  fun to watch tourists

            seeing dolphins for their first time as the           Going counter-clockwise  around the
            boat cruises along.  It makes the trip to             island there are dive site descriptions.
            Kauai that much better.                               However, the number of sites to dive on
                                                                  the South Shore are so  many that a
            Franko's Dive Map of Kauai Side 1:
                                                                  separate detail is on side two for the map
            The map image of the Island of Kauai is               to zoom in on the area. The same is true
            generated by some fancy computer                      for the North Shore. The east shore is not

            graphics, converting what we call “digital            as dense with dive spots, but it is the most
            elevation models” into green shaded                   populous area of Kauai, and thus it has a
            relief, so you can see the shores, the hills          separate  detail on side two as well.
            and the valleys exactly how they actually             Kayaking Kauai is another great sport and
            are. The roads were added by yours truly              a wonderful activity for tourists. Since this

            and then colored gold, because Kauai is so            watersport is also one of my personal
            beautiful and it requires beautiful colors to         favorites, and since I've kayaked in Kauai.
            do it justice.  Each  of the island's main            I've  added  some  brief  descriptions  of
            points of interest are denoted as  well,              Kauai's fantastic choice places to rent and
            although full descriptions of the things to           paddle  your  kayak.  Below,  side  two  of
            see and do are reserved for Franko's Guide            Franko's Dive Map of Kauai is described.
            Map  of  Kauai.  Franko's  Dive  Map  of              However, on side 1 the following captions

            Kauai is for diving, snorkeling, kayaking,
                                                                  describe diving, plus kayaking:
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