Honolulu: we have wrecks, we have walls, its warm, its clear, cool stuff topside, like paddlers and kiteboarders and surfers. We have endangered monk seals we see all the time, we have turtles on every dive, we have endemic fish, we have sharks, we have very few RULES. We are free from massive scale consumerism and we don't have to keep up with the Jones here. We think it's fine if our neighbors have rock gardens because everybody's yards are a mess. Now, I want one.
Nobody tells us we have to have snorkels. It is a water culture. Children take the bus to the ocean and are not abducted. You don't have to wear shoes to Punahou, one of the best prep schools in the USA.
hands down, better than LA (for diving)
SoCal is not a city, ken. Guess you better say Monterey if you want to be a contender.
We have CLEAN AIR and pure volcanic filtered drinking water.
aloha