Kahaluu Beach Park

This is Kahaluu Beach Park where we went snorkeling. If you click on the picture you can get a close up of the sign which says "Caution Slippery Rocks". They are not kidding. If you are not careful you might kill yourself before you got water up to your ankles. But the snorkeling was wonderful. This was a completely new experience for me and I was a little afraid, but it turned out to be an easy thing to do and a super experience. It was like being in the fish tank at an aquarium. The bright colored fish of all sorts were just the same kinds I have marveled at in aquariums. I do not know the names of most of them, but I did see 2 kinds of angel fish, parrot fish, and those yellow fish that have a snout, as well as quite an array of other kinds. I saw live coral and there was also a small sea turtle. We rented really good snorkeling equipment right at the beach. One man who had bought his equipment somewhere else was not able to use his because water kept running into the face mask. There must be a couple of valves that keep the water out. After Kahaluu Beach we inquired around for another snorkeling area but discovered we had already been to the best place on the island. We did try another place near Captain Cook's monument, but it was much deeper I saw fewer fish there.