What? Another snorkel video?

Okay, I don't know if anyone is still interested in seeing what we see when we snorkel - and it is truly hard to convey the experience through a video. And, even though I (Mari) brought my Go Pro Hero3 camera with the waterproof casing, there are limitations. For example, either the card fills up before I feel like I've captured everything I wanted to, or the battery dies, or maybe the water is too cloudy, or the camera isn't aimed at what I'm looking at...etcetera!

But anyway, we went snorkeling at a different bay yesterday. Kahalu'u Beach Park is right on Ali'i Drive. This Drive is probably 15 miles long, and the first six or so miles are anchored on the ends by major hotels, and in between that are coffee shops, pubs, restaurants, touristy shopping malls, a lot of condominiums, walking/bike paths along the narrow two-lane drive itself, and of course, the beach/rocky coast on the west side.

There is a small-ish parking lot of about 100 spaces, and we got the only space available when we arrived. The beach was divided into two areas - one for snorkelers and one for surfers. (The surfers don't look out for snorkelers, we were told. They probably couldn't steer clear of them any way.)

There is a reef educational unit there, which is staffed by volunteers who go around informing people as they prepare to get into the water - about safety, the fish you will see, the coral, and so on. There was also a life guard at this beach. One of the people we met at a kanikapila is a volunteer there, and she is the one who recommended this beach for snorkeling.

Here is a link to the video I took. We saw a few different fish than we had before. We did not see any turtles, but were told they are around.

https://youtu.be/9ySGDO9NXLY
Snorkel at Kahalu'u Beach

I DID get to swim with a turtle a day or so earlier, when we went back to Two-Step Beach. The water was really clear, and we had already gone out a ways, and were heading back in. I looked to my right, and there is was! I followed it a little way, then realized it was heading in the same direction as we were. I tried to show Ron where it was, but he never got the chance to see it.

It is our last week in Hawaii, and we are sad to see it end. The weather back in California does not sound that inviting - El Nino is beginning to strike, with lots of rain in the forecast. We had hoped to take our kayaks out in Mission Bay, but it may not happen.

We are still having lots of fun with the kanikapilas. And I am very excited about my upcoming gig on Wednesday.

We hope you are all well and good.

Mari and Ron

Kahalu'u Beach