Adventures on September 7th- Sunday Funday

A dear "friend" of mine is new to the island so I have taken it upon myself to show him around.

We started off driving from Kailua up towards Chinaman's Hat and the Ka'a'awa area. Needless to say the area is gorgeous and definitely has that island feel.

 We stopped at Chinaman's hat for a little while, soaking in the sun and the scenery.

We will definitely be kayaking out to the island in the near future!







Then we continued on to one of my most favorite hidden beaches, Kahana Bay. It was SUCH a gorgeous day.

We then continued North past the Kahukus and all the shrimp trucks. We passed the gorgeous Turtle Bay and decided that we needed to pick up some mask defogger for our snorkel masks. As we drove towards Haleiwa we noticed sea turtles at Turtle Beach. So naturally we had to stop.

We saw around 6 or 7 sea turtles. It was amazing!


















No trip to the North Shore during the summer would be complete without a stop at Sharks Cove! We snorkeled/free dove there for around 2 hours. It was amazing! However, I had to keep reminding myself that I can't breathe under water....

This Sunday was the purest definition of Sunday Funday!

Scuba Diving Oahu's South Shore at Rojo Reef and Mario World

My dive buddy and I met up at Sand Island, hopped on a boat, and went out to Rojo Reef as our first dive. This dive is awesome! The reef was so gorgeous and full of juvenile fish-so many of them! The visibility wasn't bad, but the current was strong!

The second dive was a more shallow dive, but proved to be more difficult because of the current! And as the day progressed the visibility continued to worsen. However, this dive is really cool! It is aptly named because there are pipes running everywhere and randomly sticking out of the ground.

Scuba Dive ~ Sharks Cove Shore Dive

This is a great shore dive on Oahu! Make sure you check the dive conditions though and GET UP EARLY! Parking is very difficult.

So we get to Sharks Cove and find parking. Yes! Get all of our gear set and on and walk down some "stairs" to get to the water. Watch your footing! Get to the water and I was really struggling to get my fins on in the water-there are rocks everywhere and the current was really knocking me around. But ok, got my fins on and was ready to go. 

What an amazing place to dive-it was amazing the further out we went! I highly recommend this easy shore dive and Eco Divers (they rent! and offer classes) is right across the street by the Food Land in Pupukea. 

The right side of Sharks Cove has cool areas where you can swim the coral-I recommend this side.

Enjoy!

 

The Hawaiian State Fish (the wedge tail triggerfish) the Humuhumu-nukunuku-a-pua'a