Site Review by
Barry W. Stieglitz
Date: 09/02/2009
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Reviewer
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Site Condition
(1=worst, 5=best)
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Name:
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Barry W. Stieglitz
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Entry:
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3.00
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Email: |
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Bottom:
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2.00
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City: |
Honolulu
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Reef:
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2.00
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State: |
Hawai'i
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Animal:
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1.00
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Country:
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USA
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Plant:
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1.00
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| Diving:
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13 years |
Facilities: |
1.00
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Dives:
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147 |
Solitude:
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2.00
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Roads:
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4.00
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Evaluation |
*Average: |
1.81 |
| August 29, 2009. One can either turn onto Lunalilo Home Road (crosses the Kalaniana'ole Highway at the Hawaii Kai Foodland) OR Nawiliwili Street: both roads intersect Poipu Drive and the posted directions work from there. Entry was easy, and humping gear down from the street wasn't much worse, in my opinion, than, say, Sharks Cove, although it is steeper. We had 1-2' swells and a trade wind that had the bottom all stirred up. Viz may have been 15-20'. Straight out from shore the bottom averaged 12' with little topography. Neither we nor our snorkeler escort saw any marine life of note, although viz improved to maybe 30' once we were out a couple hundred yards. Saw a single moray and lots of tobys, but that's about it. We amused ourselves by collecting (not kidding here) an entire small mesh bag of golf balls! This may not have been a typical viz day, and next time we will head left along the wall (and maybe find the guy using his back lanai as a golfing range?). |
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Enjoyment Level |
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Snorkel:
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2.00
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Beginner:
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3.00
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Intermediate:
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1.00
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Advanced:
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1.00
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Night diving:
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3.00
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Seasonal Information
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Season:
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Summer
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Year: |
2009 |
| Visibility: |
1.00 |
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Current:
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3.00
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Surf:
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3.00 |
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