Scuba Diving
Scuba diving is popular in Hawaii, but diving there is unlike that in the Caribbean or western Pacific. Hawaii is unusual in several aspects:
- Water temperatures are on the cool side for coral growth, and the islands are relatively new (in geological terms) so:
- coral outcroppings tend to be very patchy
- the underwater terrain tends to consist mostly of lava and sand
- Hawaii's isolation from any major continents have led to a diverse set of undersea life, including:
- many species found nowhere else in the world
- lots of moray eels
- lots of turtles
I've not done a lot of diving in Hawaii, so can't provide a lot of details about sites. I've used the following dive shops, all of which run smallish boats (typically 6-10 people, plus crew):
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