Kealakekua Bay, Hawai'i Kealakekua Bay, Hawai'i Kealakekua Bay is a spectacular area with sheer cliffs running down into the water forming
a narrow, shallow shelf that extend offshore 20-30 m. In this area snorkeling and SCUBA
diving is fantastic around the well developed reef. The coral covered bottom slopes steeply
away from the shore to over 30 m depths within a relatively short distance providing for
great deep-water SCUBA diving.
| Looking up towards the surface in the surge zone which is dominated by cauliflower coral (Pocillopora meandrina). |
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| Yellow tangs (Zebrasoma flavescens) and black durgeons (Melichthys niger) swarm over the shallow reef flat. |
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| At 3 m depths finger coral (Porites compressa) forms an almost continuous reef which runs steeply down into the slope and rubble zone. |
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