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07/09/2007 Duane Hopp (Avg: 2.06 Review) - I was told that this was *the* best beach dive here on Oahu. I've dove many spots on Oahu and this is by far the worst. Trench is covered with silt and hardly any marine to speak of. Reached a depth of 85 ft and felt like I was diving in a lake. It was gloomy, murky and nothing to look at. Maybe night dives are good here but I can't recommend diving here. Better to go to Three Tables, Sharks Cove or Kahe Point.

06/24/2007 Jen Scheil (Avg: 3.61 Review) - Great dive…especially at night. At night, lots of shrimp, turtles (Big ones), and moray (saw a dragon moray there). When we dive here we like to go to the right toward the cleaning station on the first wall. Then if conditions and surfers allow, we'll head out on the bottom to the second reef. Second reef is much more active, and good place to find Tiger Cowrys. You can always go left on the reef, as there is lots of new coral out there. Start on the bottom and work your way back along the top of the reef. Visibility is usually better on the bottom, but normally it stays a little below average. It can get murky so have your compass. Remember the beach is around 120'. Definitely have some hard soles and watch the exit and make sure the surf doesn't kick you down. You don't want to have to put your hands down anywhere...lots of urchins. Happy Diving!

05/27/2007 ScubaFella43 (Avg: 3.92 Review) - Just did the trench at night and it was great. Easy entry, no waves to speak of, no current and not much of a surge. Plenty of turtles, reef shrimp, a really big Spanish Dancer, and even an elusive Dragon Moray!! We had a half moon so vis wasn't too bad with just ambient light.

05/20/2007 Hazel (Avg: 2.43 Review) - The trench was pretty cool…we walked out from the leeward side of the surf center (big brown building). Make sure you wear some good protective boots when you're diving there, since there's a lot of sea urchins in that reef. Unless you swim out from the breaker to the windward side of the surf center, you'll have to walk over about 75 yards of reef. I stepped on something that kinda jabbed through my soft sole booties, and it wasn't pretty…but that didn't stop me from doing the dive. I didn't even tell my buddies because I didn't want to not dive. The pain didn't last, though. I got distracted by the dive. Once you get to that wall it drops about 70 feet or so...not too many fish, maybe at the second reef. Has anyone been to that reef? Is there a lot of reef life out there?

09/03/2006 ScubaFella43 (Avg: 3.28 Review) - Ok, I'm not too sure the aerial photo does this site justice. I never used the entry shown. From a large park facility building, looking at it from the parking lot, go to the beach to the left of the building and enter there (waves here are a lot smaller, too). There's a nice reef when you first enter, a trench about 75 yards out that goes to about 80-85', then another reef beyond the trench at about 175 yards aka the 2nd reef. The first time I dove this site it was pretty murky, spooky and I felt like shark bait. The 2nd time vis was pretty good and, looking back up from the bottom of the trench, was a sight to behold. Lots of puka's (holes) in the side of the trench that are large enough for turtles to sleep in. The 2nd reef is great since it is fairly undisturbed and not many folks go all that way to dive it. There can be a current out here so watch out for that. Don't forget your dive flag!!

07/26/2005 Jonas Hinterleitner (Avg: 3.42 Review) - This site is beautiful, saw up to 6 turtles at a cleaning spot, small caves, found 1 tunnel. Drop down to 95 feet to see amazing puffer fish not common to the islands. Watch the current, and boat traffic can be heavy. Experienced divers only!

08/13/2003 Tonja Moore (Avg: 4.18 Review) - This was my first wall. It was amazing. We saw 2 turtles "flying" above us. There was also a small red striped snake and great coral. The coral here is beautiful orange and looks melted. There's also lots of cauliflower coral and white pencil urchins. The ease of shore entry was welcoming. We were the only ones out there! The surface swim was no problem! Definantly worth the kicks!

09/27/2002 Sam at Ewa (Avg: 3.12 Review) - Parking, Showers, Beach entrance and walking distance to the beach are very easy. The dive is shallow the first 100 yards, then is it drops to about 80 ft. There are two trenches. Most see only the first but there is another further out. Lots of turtles hanging out in the ledge. Reef fish count is normal, nothing great. A pretty mellow dive overall.

07/26/2001 Luke VanValkenburg (Avg: 3.92 Review) - My favorite shore dive on the island. You can actually dive two walls here. Both walls are parallel to the shore. surface swim out heading 300 degrees from the beach and you will run into a drop off to about 90 ft. If you keep heading out, you will hit another wall. The locals call this site "THE TRENCH". You should actually dive to the left of this aerial picture. Abundant turtle life. Some as big as small cars. Excellent night dive.

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