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that breaks the surface and marks the spot informative to the snorkelers and scuba
to dive. However, on that dive I saw a pair divers. The dive spots, and a bit of surfing
of whitetip reef sharks, and 3 out of the 15 information of Lanai encircle the island.
divers saw a genuine tiger shark. The tiger There are at least 6 dive spots on Lanai,
ditched the crowd of bubble makers which are widely known, but I have no
though, and was not seen again. Even description for them (yet). This means that
when he was seen, the shark was only I have yet to do all of the Lanai
within about 125 feet of the group. That exploration that I need to do. I guess I had
was the edge of visibility, and so when he better start considering my next Hawaii
saw us, just barely, he got the heck out. trip. Meanwhile, here is a list of Lanai's
However, as we dove around, encircling dive site descriptions, as seen on the map,
the Shark Fin's underwater features, along with the favorite Lanai surfing:
“Sharky” returned to the boat to check it CATHEDRAL #1 50' - 65' (15 - 19m) Int.
out. The captain was standing on the bow - Adv. Boat dive or swim from Hulopo'e
of the boat when the big tiger shark Bay. Fabulous big underwater grotto.
happened to pass in front of her. So, it is Colorful corals. Butterflyfish. Moorish
on the authority of the captain, who had idols. Squirrelfish. Lobsters. Octopuses.
the only good look at the shark, that it was Turtles. Crabs. Nudibranchs. Whitetip
between 12 and 14 feet in length. The boat reef sharks. Caution: Currents can be very
has a 12 foot beam, and it was said that the strong, especially in afternoon. Dive with
shark was just a little bit longer than the experienced locals
boat was wide.
HULOPO'E BAY 10' - 30' (3 - 9m) Beg.
The interesting feature of both of these Easy access beach dive primarily for
dives was the huge numbers of fish. I snorkeling. Underwater park. Usually
never knew that pennant butterflyfish very calm. Lots of tame tropical fish.
congregated in such large numbers. We Green sea turtles. Marine Life
also played with a color-change artist, the Conservation District - Boats may not
octopus. I would guess that if you were anchor here
using Franko's Dive Map of Maui as a fish
check list, you could have checked off CATHEDRAL #2 15' - 65' (5 - 20m) Int.
nearly all of the fish that I put on my map. - Adv. Boat dive. Underwater grotto
Although I also sell a great fish card for larger than Cathedral #1. Colorful
Maui, as well as ones for Lanai and invertebrates in nooks and crannies.
Molokai, the fish and other reef creatures Pyramid butterflyfish. Blue-striped
also appear on the map. This not only snappers. Morays. Octopuses. Turtles.
makes for a colorful, fun map, but it is Caution: Currents can be strong
