We love to snorkel. We have been very excited to be able to snorkel on this trip and have even lugged along our own equipment. It’s nothing fancy, but it does make a difference when things fit! And to top it off, we were generously gifted a GoPro that really needed to be put to good use.
We had extremely optimist plans to snorkel almost every day in Hawaii. However, high winds washed out those plans (and our accommodation plans as well).
After we’d attempted all of the east and south coast options, on the advice of a colleague of Gayles we set out for Electric Beach. It has been given this name because it is literally in the shadow of a power plant.
Access to the tiny beach was crowded so we became excited quickly. Gayle found this sea turtle and there were lots of little colourful fish too!
A short drive later we found ourselves at Pūpūkea Beach Park. This is a North Shore beach that is protected from the wind and waves by a natural barrier that is a good place to find fish.
It’s not very deep and there are lots of people, however, the views are plentiful.
Since arriving in New Zealand, we had noticed that, although there are beaches, there seemed to be very few swimmers. It’s what we call “little kid warm” - you know, only warm enough for little kids to swim in.
We had an opportunity to go north to Piahai this weekend and we jumped at the change to take a tour boat in the Bay of Islands that included a chance to snorkel.
We are looking forward to future snorkeling in Thailand and Madagascar.