Hawaii
With over 80 established sites on the Kona coast, divers have a wide variety to choose from. Sites like Suck'em Up, The Dome and Henry's Cave feature lava tubes…a great place to search for cowry shells, nudibranchs and maybe a sleeping white-tip reef shark. It's easy to become mesmerized by the beams of light filtering down through the lava tube skylights. Sites like Kaiwi, Eel Cove and Pipe Dreams have steep drop-offs. Look for cool critters hidden in the branching coral or glance out into the deep blue in the hope of seeing exciting pelagics. Sites such as Turtle Pinnacle provide great photo and video opportunities. Turtles often hang out at this cleaning station to have algae and parasites removed from their shells. At all of our sites, your guide will keep an eye out for eels and a variety of beautiful reef fish to point out to you. Divers with a good eye can search for octopus, scorpion fish, frog fish, leaf fish and colorful nudibranchs.
Kona is known for its pelagics; Manta Rays, Eagle Rays, Pilot Whales and Spinner Dolphins frolic in our warm, clear waters year round. In the winter (November to early March) Humpbacks come to sing and bear young. Melon Head, Pygmy and False Killer Whales are also sighted here year round. The reason for this is our deep Kona waters that start just 100 yards off shore in most places. Along the Kona coast, hard corals built on intriguing lava formations offers interesting underwater terrain, with many arches, lava tubes and maze-like areas to explore. There are tons of turtles, eels, octopus, nudibranchs, shells and tropical fish here: of the 640 species of in shore fish found in the Hawaiian Islands, 24.3% are endemic (i.e. found no where else in the world!).
OMG I am getting SO excited! The Am Ex card arrived today. Guess whose booking a plane reservation?
*dances*
Kona is known for its pelagics; Manta Rays, Eagle Rays, Pilot Whales and Spinner Dolphins frolic in our warm, clear waters year round. In the winter (November to early March) Humpbacks come to sing and bear young. Melon Head, Pygmy and False Killer Whales are also sighted here year round. The reason for this is our deep Kona waters that start just 100 yards off shore in most places. Along the Kona coast, hard corals built on intriguing lava formations offers interesting underwater terrain, with many arches, lava tubes and maze-like areas to explore. There are tons of turtles, eels, octopus, nudibranchs, shells and tropical fish here: of the 640 species of in shore fish found in the Hawaiian Islands, 24.3% are endemic (i.e. found no where else in the world!).
OMG I am getting SO excited! The Am Ex card arrived today. Guess whose booking a plane reservation?
*dances*