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KNOB HILL Caution: Best dived in morning due to
afternoon trades
MONOLITH
LOPA Superb summer swells. Enjoyed
WASH ROCK to 65' (20m) Int. - Adv.
Boat dive. Pinnacle and cave. Lava tube mainly by locals. Long jeep ride from
called "Tunnel of Love". Colorful Lana'i City
sponges. Antler coral. Ghost shrimp. STONE SHACK A jeep and some hiking
shoes are required to get to this summer
NO-NAME PARADISE
spot. The "Stone Shack" is on the shore
MENPUCHI CAVES
SERGEANT MAJOR 15' - 50' (5 - 15m)
LIGHTHOUSE 20' - 60' (6 - 17m) Beg. – Beg. - Int. Boat dive. Great snorkeling.
Int .Boat dive. Large swim-around Lots of sergeant majors. Three seaward
vertical rocks. Holes with white tips reef lava ridges. Lava tunnel connects to
sharks. Tons of pennant butterflyfishes. sergeant minor. Corals. Sponges. Tropical
Some big pelagics cruise by fish
SHARK FIN 20' - 90' (6 - 27m) Beg. - Int. SERGEANT MINOR 15' - 50' (5 - 15m)
Boat dive. Large rock shaped like shark Beg. – Adv .Boat dive. Lava tunnel
fin. Friendly tropical fish. Colorful corals connects to sergeant major. Pelagic fish in
and sponges. Turtles. Whitetip reef sharks deeper water. Spinner dolphins.
SHARIDAN ROCK Humpback whales. Usually great
visibility
BARGE HARBOR
ARMCHAIR
POLIHUA BEACH At the end of a
ridiculously long jeep ride. Nice beach. FISH ROCK 0' - 70' (0 - 21m) Beg. - Int.
Breaks in winter NW or W swells. Gets Rock breaks surface near Manele Bay
blown out early. Beach often too windy to entrance. Enter at Manele Bay. Excellent
enjoy snorkeling or scuba. Every kind of
tropical reef fish. Pyramid butterflyfish.
TURTLE HAVEN 12' - 60' (3 - 18m) Beg. Moorish idol. Bandit angelfish. Frogfish.
- Int. Boat dive to miles of reef along Dolphins
Lana'i coast. Common area for snorkel
trips to Lana'i out of Lahaina. Volcanic The story of Molokai is similar to Lanai in
rock. Coral. Sand channels. Turtle that there just aren't that many visitors
cleaning station (wrasses tang fish pluck going there. This means that Molokai does
their shells clean). Always full of green not have a large number of resorts from
sea turtles. Octopuses. Tropical reef fish. which to choose, and there are not a lot of
dive operators there or going there.
