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KILAUEA STREAM Birdwatching. remoteness of Lehua is sort of scary, when
Fishing. Hiking. Fabulous morning it comes to jumping in the water. I know
paddling. of sightings of tiger sharks there, and even
a few whale sharks on rare occasion, and
ANAHOLA STREAM Mountain views.
Fishing. Birdwatching. whitetip reef sharks commonly. The main
attraction is pristine, clear water, with
KAPA'A STREAM Big beautiful valley. visibility almost always over 100 feet, and
Birdwatching. Fishing. tons of reef fish on nice collections of
WAILUA RIVER Paddle to Fern Grotto. rocky terrain and corals. I personally
Long hike to Wailua Falls. followed a whitetip reef shark at the dive
site called “Niihau Arches” on a dive
NAWILIWILI BAY. HULE'IA RIVER there, which was a highlight, but the dive
Ancient fishpond. Views. Fishing. in general was awesome. With 30 or more
Birdwatching. tourists on my Blue Dolphin tour, there
HANEPEPE RIVER Old town. Cliffs were only 3 scubas divers. The rest of
(Pali). Portages to higher sections. them snorkeled, and I'm sure they had fun,
Birdwatching. but to linger in the deeper water to explore
the arches and to look into the deep was a
Franko's Dive Map of Kauai Side 2 great treat. Lehua, which is the fourth
The following are the captions of the flip mentioned section of side two of Franko's
side of my Kauai dive map. There are five Dive Map of Kauai, has a lot of great and
main sections to side 2. The first is the diverse dive sites. In fact one of the
North Shore, including Hanalei, the captions reads as follows:
second is the East Shore, including Kapaa NOTE: This area is considered by some to
and Lihui, the third is the South shore, the BEST diving in Hawaii. However, it is
including Poipu and Port Allen, the fourth not always accessible due to ocean and
is the islet of Lehua, off of the north end weather conditions. Best in Spring and
of Niihau, and the fifth is the overall view Summer.
of Kauai and Niihau. This view of Kauai
and Niihau came out really great! The I happened to visit there in the Fall, and
island of Niihau is seldom visited by the swells came in pretty big that
outsiders, but the small straight between afternoon. In fact, a few of the tourists lost
Niihau and the 0.9-mile wide, 702-foot their catered lunch on the way back to Port
high Lehua Island is often visited by tour Allen! Additionally, dive sites are
boats full of snorkelers, typically doing a described for Lehua as follows:
stop after having already been on a
magnificent Na Pali Coast tour. The
