Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii: Scuba Diving Pictures

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Scuba Diving Pictures from Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii, USA
These are medium quality jpegs. But I have the RAW images as well.
Email tjfidler@telus.net
Directions to the Dive Site are located at the bottom of the page.

Note: This page is under construction , 2008

Type of dive: boat dive, but I know you can get here by car as well as I could see people on the beach.
Rating for this dive site: 8.5/10
Parking: N/A
Boat ramp: N/A
Ease of entry: 10/10 if using a boat. [Wheel chair access: No]
Abundance of life: 8.5/10
Attractions: Lots of life here.
Bottom and depth: Generally above 60 feet [20 metres] but there is a sharp drop off near-by, not quire a wall.
Facilities: N/A
Hazards/Obstacles: None.
Sensitivity to tide/current: Does not seem to be sensitive to tide or current.
Terrain: combination of solid rock, sand and corals of various kinds.

The following images are thumbnails. If you click on them a larger image will open up and the picture will take up most of your screen. Again these are medium qualifty jpegs. If you ask nicely I may be able to provide a higher quality image.

A few people have already asked me about "What is that pink stuff on the rocks in some of the pictures?" Well, they're usually Pink Rock Crust (aka Encrusting Coralline Algae) or in some cases might even be Encrusting Hydrocorals. They're eaten by a variety of animals - apparently as a good source of calcium.

Links to the various groups of organisms:
Cephalopods, Crustaceans, Fish, Mollusks, Nudibranchs, Sea Anemones, Sea Cucumbers & Echinoderms, Sponges, Tunicates, Worms, Miscellaneous

Cephalopods


Octopus looking out from the entrance of its den.


Banded Coral Shrimp ~ 5 inches [12.5cm] wide. If you look closely it actually takes up most of the centre of the image. I was actually hanging upside down to take this picture. This was the only cleaner shrimp I saw, and the first crustacean I ran into.	Spiny Lobster ~ 18 inches [45 cm] for the body length. Saw this one during the day and a couple of them at night. Definitely if you want to see crustaceans night time is the best time for these in Hawaii. Unlike British Columbia where they are out at all times of the day. Of course we don't have any large lobsters in the Pacific North West.


Yellowmargin Moray Eel	Dwarf Moray

White Mouth Moray	Yellowmargin Moray

Arc-Eye Hawkfish ~ 6 inches [15 cm] long. These fish were common but quick to move away from me. I was almost frustrated initially, but finally ran into a couple of them that stayed still long enough for me to take a picture of them.	Arc-Eye Hawkfish

Arc-Eye Hawkfish	Blacksided Hawkfish

Fourspot Buttefly Fish	Bluestripe Snappers

Manybar Goatfish	Manta Ray and a scuba diver

Two Manta Rays	Manta Ray and zoo-plankton


Orange Cup Corals	Orange Cup Corals - these were also located on the same ceiling of the arch way. Note all the air pockets. Hopefully they had no negative effect on them.


Banded Urchin ~ 12 inches [30 cm]	Crown-Of-Thorns Star ~ 14 inches [35 cm] across. I was quite surprised how few star fish were here in comparison to the Pacific Northwest of North America. More were visible at night.

Urchins on dead coral	Spiky Sea Cucumber


Divided Flatworm


Hawksbill Sea Turtle. One of only a couple of pictures that I have of marine reptiles.	Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Pink Encrusting Algae - looks identical the the pink encrusting algae that we have in British Columbia.

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