ThisKonaCoastdivesiteispossiblythemostbeautiful，diverse，easilyaccessible，interestingdivelocationwehaveontheIslandofHa—waii.ItisatHonaunauBay，justnorthoftheNationalHistoricPark.ThiswholeareaisanancientHawaiianfishingreligiousceremonialarea，sotreatitassuch.Showtheproperrespectforthelocation，please.Someofthelocalsareupsetwiththeproliferationofdiversandsnorkel—ersfrequentingthissitetoday，SOplease，treatthemwithrespectanddon’
tleaveanytrashforthemtouseasevidenceofyourvisit.Respectfullysmileateveryoneyousee.you’11besurprisedathowthatwillconfusethoseyoumeet.Becauseoftheabundanceofcolorfulreefmarinelife，thisiSanex—cellentplacetosnorkel…aswellasscuba.TheclarityofthewaterhereisconducivetOexcitingsightingsofvariousmarine——lifespecies.TherearetwofineroutesfordiverstOtakefromtheentrypoint.Oneisstraightouttowardopenocean，thesecondalongtherockyshoreinanortherlydirec—tion.Ifyouaregoingstraightout，watchandlistencloselyforthemanyfishingboatsthatusethisbayasalaunchsite（acautionarydiveflagfloatisrecommended）。Thestraightoutroutewilltakeyouacrossmanycoralheadsandsandychannelsholdingamultitudeofinvertebratesandreeffish.Inthecenterofthebay，you’11reachalivingcoralreefthatispunctuatedwithcountlesspukas（holes）thatholdnumerouseels，crabsGreenSeaTurtleisaprotected，endangeredspecies.Sodon’ttouch，grabonto，ortoridethesevaluablecreatures--thepenaltiesforsuchac—tion，ifreported，ismegabucksanditain’tworthit.Justenjoytheirpres—Here’Sahintondivinganywhere.Whenyouseeacoralreefthatiscoveredwithlivingcoral，thoroughlyinspectit，slowly，foritwillbefilledwithdelightfulsea—life，in，around，underandaboveit.…butdon’ttouchit.Deadcoralheadsandmostrockrubbleareasgenerallyholdfewerspecies（butfascinatingones，nonetheless）。Ifyouoptforthenortherlyshoreroutefromtheentryareayou’11findmanycavesandindentationsasyouexploretheunderwaterterrain.ThelavawallisliterallyfilledwithhidingplacesforKona’Sfamousula（SpineyLobster）and（althoughtheyarebeingoverharvested）youjustmayglimpseoneortwopeekingoutatYOU!