Favorite Snorkeling Spot

South of Kona is a Hawaiian Historic Park called "Place of Refuge". The Bay it sits by is called Honounou Bay, it is also known as "Two Step" because of the two steps built into the lava to get into the water.

This is a local favorite spot, and also very popular with the tourists too! It is very crowded on Friday, Saturday, & Sunday's, so we go usually on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday early in the morning.

There are usually one or two pods of Spinner Dolphins that use the outer part of the bay as a place to rest, do not swim out there because they are sleeping. The coral here is abundant and the tropical fish are plenty! It is a very beautiful place to snorkel and see the different types of fish. On the South side of the bay is usually several Honu swimming (they are endangered and you can not touch them).

This snorkel trip is a process, you leave early (7:00 AM) and drive South on Hwy 11, at around mile marker 109 on the right is the "Coffee Shack" cafe, great breakfast! We stop there to eat and enjoy the wonderful view of the ocean & live entertainment of Geckos feeding on guava jelly on the hand rails. After breakfast we head down to Honounou bay for a morning of snorkeling. By lunchtime were ready to head back home, but we don't go back the way we came, we head left out of the road leaving the bay and take the back road. We follow it until we get to Kealekakua bay and take Napoopoo Rd up the hill about 1/2 mile or so. On the left you will find "Kalama's" a little burger shack, has the best burgers on the island. This is where we stop for lunch.

If you do anything while here in Kona, this is one of the "Must Do" trips to take, along with the volcano. Still to come, "A Volcano Trip", "Hamaku Coast", & "Where to Eat in Kona"!

Aloha A Hui Hou