Entries tagged 'diving'
Best Dives in Hawaii: Lanai Cathedrals
Hawaii has a lot of coral but its not as bright and showy as what you might find in Belize or Australia. However, it has plenty of large, visible marine animals and some spectacular formations with coral growing around...
Four Seaons Manele Bay Dolphin Appearance -- Great Reason to Stay at Four Seasons on Lanai
Hulopoe Beach on Lanai is one of the best places in the islands to swim with spinner dolphins. It's also got a fun surf break, excellent snorkeling, and you can camp there if you don't feel like paying Four...
More Open Road TV: Diving Niihau with Doug
This is a dive I've always wanted to do. It's a serious haul to Niihau from the Kauai. This is the "Forbidden Island," a semi-desolate redoubt off the West Coast of the Garden Isle owned by the reclusive Robinson Family...
Kona Manta Ray Dives with Open Road TV / Doug McConnell
My friend and fellow Federated Media author, Doug McConnell runs the Open Road TV Website (and does travel-oriented TV segments). He's done a number of nifty video podcast on Hawaii. I'm going to periodically post and link to them because...
Hawaii YouTube Videos: Diving Lanai
We've not yet mentioned the Lanai Cathedrals off the coast of Lanai in this blog. The Cathedrals are amazing underwater laval formations that have become coral encrusted and produce some of the most spectacular light play and diving conditions...
YouTube Video of the Day: Turtles in Kealakekua Bay
Turtles are a sign of good luck in the Native Hawaiian culture, a potent aumakua (or animal sign). They are also beautiful to watch in their native habitats. Most snorkel spots around the islands give you a decent chance...
Soon Open for Business: Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument
Midway Island was the site of a key battle in World War II that turned the course of the war in the Pacific. Since then, this sleepy outpost in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands has hosted mainly critters and a small...
Shorediving.com -- Great Site for...What Else? Shorediving!
There are so many places to get in the water in Hawaii that the selection becomes overwhelming, like a kid in a candy shop painted ocean blue. No worries. When I am venturing outer island or even around Oahu, I...
Shark Chumming for Divers: Just Say No
Dumping bloody bits of fish into the water to entice sharks close to steel cages containing humanoid divers is something practiced all over the tropical world -- in Tahiti, the Caribbean and other warm water locales. Two dive companies do...
Spotted Eagle Ray Off Kona
The leeward Kona Coast off the Big Island has some of the best diving on Earth. The coral there is not terribly interesting or profuse -- its a relatively new island and so the formations have not gotten a...
Diving with the Honu (Turtles)
The Hawaiian word for turtle is honu and they are considered a symbol of good luck in Hawaii. Fortunately, honu are relatively abundant in island waters. They are respected and protected in Hawaii, for the most part. The primary...
