Entries tagged 'snorkeling'
Hawaiian Sailling Canoe: Going Native Afloat on Maui with Sage
Aloha from Maui. Here's another Microsoft Mobile Post, on the go from the most beautiful island in the world and underwritten by Microsoft (literally). Thanks, Steve! Three years ago our neighbor's son Sage Spalding moved to Maui with a...
Pissed off in Puna-- So Who Peed in the Thermal Ponds, Brah?
If the Champagne Pool on the Puna Coast is a little warmer than usual, blame the hordes of tourists, according to this AP story. It's not the kind of bubbly that makes the guide books, that's for sure. Regardless, more...
My Maui Vacation: Cover Story of U.S. Airways Inflight
The kind folks at U.S. Airways put my homage to slumming across Maui on the cover of their esteemed publication. The art looks great. It's a tough life being a travel writer. Here' s a taste....
Hawaii Trips: Kauai Trek Part 2 - Scout Troop Heads Out to Sea
HEADING OUT TO SEA The next day, the troop gladly traded its hiking boots for swimsuits and snorkeling masks. Hopping aboard high-speed boats, the Scouts set out to see Na Pali at sea level. Along the way to the snorkeling...
Big Island Family Vacation: Kayak, Snorkel Kealakekua
Day 2: You’re in Hawaii so get wet and take it all in. Score a kayak cruise in Kealakekua Bay, a marine preserve at the base of the green hills of Kona's coffee country, where pods of spinner dolphins are...
Hawaii Beach Guide: Lydgate Park, Kauai
This wonderful little beach park is often overlooked by tourists but that's their loss.Lydgate is a county park so there are bathroom facilities, showers, parking and lifeguards (one of the few beaches on Kauai that does). There are two wading...
Shark Bites Swimmer on Maui's Keawakapu Beach: She's OK
A California visitor snorkeling in the shallow waters off a popular Kihei beach was attacked by a shark yesterday, according to Honolulu Star-Bulletin.. She's fine, having suffered lacerations to her foot and calf. In fact, Hat tip to the folks...
Kealakekua Bay Update: Buoys, Closure, Still Lots of Room
This in from my friend Jessica Ferracane who reps the Big Island Visitors Bureau and also writes some nice books about eating around the Big Island and Maui. "Temporary buoys mark a 100-foot section along Kealakekua Bay - including the...
YouTube Video of the Day: Turtles in Kealakekua Bay
Turtles are a sign of good luck in the Native Hawaiian culture, a potent aumakua (or animal sign). They are also beautiful to watch in their native habitats. Most snorkel spots around the islands give you a decent chance...
Soon Open for Business: Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument
Midway Island was the site of a key battle in World War II that turned the course of the war in the Pacific. Since then, this sleepy outpost in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands has hosted mainly critters and a small...
Shorediving.com -- Great Site for...What Else? Shorediving!
There are so many places to get in the water in Hawaii that the selection becomes overwhelming, like a kid in a candy shop painted ocean blue. No worries. When I am venturing outer island or even around Oahu, I...
Hawaii Beaches: Untouched Oahu Gem -- Kawela Bay
I almost hate telling people about this spot. It's so perfect, and its right on Oahu. Kawela Bay is one of the last semi-secret beaches on this most populous of Hawaiian Islands. "Magnum P.I." and "Lost" have both filed scenes...
Beaches We Love: Kauna`oa
This Big Island beauty fronts one of Hawaii's classic resorts, the angular, elegant and Frank Lloyd Wright-esque Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. The sand is quite fine and the surf generally mellow. Due to its strong westerly orientation sunsets are...
Snorkeling the Backside of Lanai...By Yourself
Five feet down in the liquid blue somewhere off leeward Lanai, I see a subtle flutter amid the busy commotion of butterfly fish on a cluster of pinkish brain coral. I swim down a few feet to the lava...
Best Beaches: Kuki'o
This is one of my favorite beaches in the islands. It's not a big beach but its truly stunning. Actually, Kuki'o is more like a peninsula with two pocket beaches and fabulous lawn overlooking crystal clear water. There is...
