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Spotted a Spotted Eagle Ray, Kahalu’u
We started out the day by going to Keoneele Cove by the Place of Refuge on the Big Island of Hawaii. Because of the dangerously rough surf, we couldn’t get in the water. We’ve never seen it like that. There were three people fishing at Two Step (the place where the divers and snorkelers enter the water).…
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Water Child
I wanted to share what I felt as the dolphins were swimming around me, disappearing into the blue depth then reappearing. I felt immense gratitude and peaceful joy. It was the satisfaction of a journey completed. It seemed so little to say about an event so special, that I knew I had to share the journey to explain the feeling.…
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Honaunau Bay Naia (Spinner Dolphins of Two Step)
We headed off for another day of snorkeling at Two Step. Two Step is an unofficial name for a small county park on the edge of Honaunau Bay. Pu’uhonua Honaunau, the place of refuge, sits on one side of this bay. Here also is the Keoneele Cove, essentially a boat ramp into the bay and…
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Reef Shark at Keoneele Cove
June 13, Wednesday morning we went to our “manta ray place” in Kahauloa Bay, but the water was too rough, again. So we headed back to the Keoneele Cove (Two Step). We parked across the street from the cove on the Catholic church grounds and carefully read their signs to make sure we could have animals…
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Easy Snorkeling at Keoneele Cove, Hawaii
June 12, Tuesday, Rachel slept late, and Bill and I went to snorkel. At our regular place, Kahaulao Bay, in the Kona area of Hawaii, the surge was just too violent. Bill tried it, but I wouldn’t get in the water. We found another beach area, but it was filled with boogie boarders and people who…