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Makena Landing |
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Reviewer |
Site Condition |
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| Name: | John Strang | Entry: | 
5.00
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| Email: | Click Here | Bottom: | 
4.00
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| City: | Valdez | Reef: |
4.00
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| State: | Alaska | Animal: |
4.00
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| Country: | USA | Plant: | 
3.00
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| Diving: | 5 years | Facilities: |
4.00
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| Dives: | 0 | Solitude: |
3.00
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| Roads: |
5.00
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Evaluation |
*Average: |
3.96 |
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| We dove this site several times over Christmas in conjunction with 5 Caves/Graves. When the surf stops entries there, Makena will still be doable. We usually surface swim to the houses at the point, then go down near the rock that has a large piece of wire coral sitting over the sand. If you swim on the sand/rock boundary, you usually see it and sometimes we've seen small gobies on the wire coral. This year I found the shark cave, first right after the point, and in pretty shallow water! It is about 10-13 feet at the entrance and we saw 3 good sized white-tipped reef sharks snoozing. On the last dive there on Dec 30th, my brother-in-law spotted a large eagle ray at the edge of the reef, apparently spooking up an octopus as there was an ink smudge in the water. He had a broken (bent) tail and circled us for 5 minutes. Great diving area, especially for cold blooded Alaskan divers! | |||
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Enjoyment Level |
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| Snorkel: |
4.00
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| Beginner: |
5.00
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| Intermediate: |
5.00
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| Advanced: |
5.00
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| Night diving: |
4.00
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Seasonal Information |
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| Season: | Winter | ||
| Year: | 2004 | ||
| Visibility: |
4.00 |
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| Current: |
4.00
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| Surf: |
4.00 |
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