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Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at Waimea Bay (wall)
Waimea Bay is a well-groomed beach park with all the facilities. Snorkeling can be good, as at times huge schools of small fish congregate right next to the shoreline. Diving is excellent, too, around the south point of the bay.
Between dives, you might want to visit Waimea Falls Park just across the road. You can easily spend a couple of hours roaming the gardens.
Off Kamehameha Highway on the North Shore in the Waimea area.
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Beachgirl
Jul 8, 2011, 12:00 AM
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If the channel to the Waimea Stream is open, don't even bother with the north side. Visibility will be terrible. When the channel is closed there is nice snorkeling on the north side with lots of fish and other critters to see. We try to arrive by 7:30 a.m. to get a parking space. Gives us time for 2 dives before lunch. The hardest thing about this dive is the long walk across the sinking sand with all your gear. You definitely work up a sweat before you hit the water. It's a long surface swim to go out to the south point before dropping down. There are some interesting rock formations, lots of eels, nudibranch, and an occasional honu.
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