Hi William and Suzanne,
Just saw your post. We're winding down our holiday, but could be talked into doing a shore dive at 2 step tomorrow (Honaunau/Place of Refuge). Great shallow dive spot. Have rented a tank a couple of times and done 'snorkel dives' - solo in 10-15 feet below my wife who's snorkeling directly above. If there's no surge it's an easy/safe in/out and great coral formations. We've snorkeled with spinner there several times over the years including a couple weeks ago. There's a dive shop just before the highway turnoff too for tank rental. Went on a boat dive yesterday with Jack's- amazing! Anyway, our daughter is flying out tonight so we'll be in and out of the condo and being from Canada, can't afford to leave our cell phones on with the roaming charges, but condo # is 322-1673. It's noon now and we'll be out for a couple hours then in until 5ish when we have to head to airport, then home by 7:30 and awake till 9 (we're still on Vancouver Island time- up early, to bed early). Give a call if you want to discuss. Linda (my wife) is game to come and snorkel while we'd dive. I'm only certified to 60 feet and happiest in 20-40 feet- and at 2 step I'm sure there's lots to see. At the deeper end of that scale, being a relatively new diver and 6'5", I usually need to surface after about 45 minutes- longer if we play in the shallows more obviously. Aside from the 'snorkel dives', I've not dived there before, but extensive snorkeling.
Best,
Scott