Coming out of the water at Puako a couple months back. The surf had kicked up a bit during the hour we were under. Just as my wife and I were getting into the rocky shallows a set of waves came in and caught us... Nothing to do but hunker down and let it break over us. Got banged up a bit, no real damage, a bit scary for a minute or two..
Up on the beach we looked back... the waves had subsided, just a case of bad timing.
It was still a good dive.
I got beat up there pretty good one day several years ago. I think it was the 2nd public access from the end, maybe the 3rd. Long reef about 2 feet deep to the dropoff, great dive past the dropoff. Lost a wet lens on the way back in after the surf came up, took me 5 minutes of searching to find it. I need to take a day and get back up there, been 5 years since I've dove up there by now.