ChimChim75
Contributor
Conditions have been awesome for Blowhole and Lanai Lookout this week. Did 5 dives there this weekend. Portlock is on the other side of Hanauma towards town. One of my buddies and I have been wanting to do Hanauma to there as a drift... but have to be the correct conditions.
Good point. Don't do pickup dives at Blowhole or Lanai Lookout. They ALWAYS end up bad. For Lanai, don't go without someone that really knows the site either. Gets super hairy.
Makai pier supposedly sucks unless you're bug hunting. Never done it, but everyone hates it that has done it. Seen checkout dives done there.
I've dove Kaaawa before. Was about 3 foot vis and strong currents. Wouldn't recommend it. HUGE turtles popping out in front of you constantly and dark shapes circling you... probably large hammerheads, but you can't see anything but shadow. Would not recommend it. Spookiest dive I've ever done. My buddy and I get laughing at each other because we kept getting startled by the turtles buzzing us in the murk.
Hanauma makes for an interesting night dive on the certain Saturday nights that it is open. There are some super rare fish there you never see at other sites. Can be a little dull during the day.
Good point. Don't do pickup dives at Blowhole or Lanai Lookout. They ALWAYS end up bad. For Lanai, don't go without someone that really knows the site either. Gets super hairy.
Makai pier supposedly sucks unless you're bug hunting. Never done it, but everyone hates it that has done it. Seen checkout dives done there.
I've dove Kaaawa before. Was about 3 foot vis and strong currents. Wouldn't recommend it. HUGE turtles popping out in front of you constantly and dark shapes circling you... probably large hammerheads, but you can't see anything but shadow. Would not recommend it. Spookiest dive I've ever done. My buddy and I get laughing at each other because we kept getting startled by the turtles buzzing us in the murk.
Hanauma makes for an interesting night dive on the certain Saturday nights that it is open. There are some super rare fish there you never see at other sites. Can be a little dull during the day.