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KE'E BEACH. LAGOON 0' - 20' Beg. - snorkeling. Near resort hotel. Lots of fish.
Adv. Formerly a highly regarded beginner Usually small swells, but trade winds
shore dive with excellent snorkeling make it choppy.
within protective reef, but huge surf of AHUKINI LANDING 15' - 70' Int. – Adv
1999 to 2000 filled it in with silt and sand. Entry at harbor jetty in poor visibility,
Snorkeling is still excellent in the clears around point. Wall diving. Reef
shallows, but caution!, extremely strong strewn with dumped WWII ordnance. Big
and dangerous current sweep along shore eagle rays, turtles, scorpion fish,
on the outside. Winter waves make good stingrays, octopuses and lobsters.
surfing but poor diving.
Occasional humpbacks in season. Good
CANNON'S REEF 5' - 70' Beg. - Int. place to have a guide. Caution:
Shore dive at east end of Ha'ena Beach via Tradewinds make rough conditions most
V-shaped slit in reef. Good snorkeling. of the year.
Lots of juvenile fish. Less popular than PO'IPU BEACH PARK 0' - 40' Beg. - Int.
tunnels due to few underwater features.
Great beginner shore dive and beginner
TUNNELS REEF 5' - 65' Beg. - Adv. snorkeling. Lots of tame fish of all kinds.
Good beginners dive site. Excellent Photogenic schools of lemon butterfly
advanced snorkeling. Dive in summer, (Lau Wiliwili). Usually calm and clear.
surf in winter. Lava tubes and tunnels. BRENNECKE'S LEDGE 55' - 90' Int. -
White-tip reef sharks, green sea turtles, Adv. Boat dive to undercut ridge with lava
colorful tropical fish. Caution: High surf tubes. Schools of ta'ape, squirrelfish,
and poor visibility in winter.
green sea turtles, whitetip reef sharks.
ANINI BEACH 0' - 15' Beg. Beginner Colorful coral on top of ledge. Black coral
shore dive and excellent snorkeling. Large under ledge.
barrier reef good for windsurfers. Fish, SHERATON CAVERNS 30' - 65' Int. -
turtles, lots of invertebrates. Park Adv. Top boat dive site around Kauai.
facilities. Caution: Not advisable to dive Three lava tubes and a wall with coral.
during winter surf.
Colorful nudibranchs, turtles,
ANAHOLA BAY 0' - 20' + Beg. Beginner Whitemouth moray eels, lionfish inside
beach dive and excellent snorkeling, lava tubes, and all kinds of tropical fish.
especially at north or south end reefs. Nice Almost always calm and clear.
finger corals. Zebra moray eels, lots of KOLOA LANDING 10' - 55' Beg. - Int.
colorful fish, green sea turtles.
Excellent, easy shore access for
LYDGATE STATE PARK 0' - 10' Beg. beginners. Diveable year-round.
Shallow beginner shore dive. Good easy Advanced snorkeling. Lots of tame,
