We dedicated a day in search of good snorkeling spots on the island. According to our guidebook “Oahu Revealed: The Ultimate Guide to Honolulu, Waikiki & Beyond”, good snorkeling areas scattered along North Shore. It was also a good excuse to venture beyond Honolulu. Google map suggested route to go through central Oahu. So we did, and made a detour to Dole Plantation halfway. Thank goodness for Google map app on iPhone, we’d so lost without it!
These snorkeling spots were hard to fine. There was no road sign on any of them. Needless to say Google map wasn’t much help either. The guidebook map gave us some idea but we kept missing it. After some back and forth on I-83, we finally ended up at Shark’s Cove.
The cove was surrounded by rocks. It wasn’t the easiest water to get to. But once we were in, we realized it was well worth it. Fish were hanging out rock reef not far from shore.
And when I least expected, a green turtle appeared out of nowhere. He was certainly not in a hurry to anywhere, just casually cruising in the water. I had no problem following him, watching him scratching his head, surface for a breath of fresh air, and let other fish nip on his shell. When I told one of the snorkelers a turtle is right next to her, she started chasing and attempted to touch the turtle. That’s when the turtle took off. Damn fool, you are not supposed to touch wildlife! It was such a humble experience to have cross path with a turtle.
Living in the Seattle area, Smelly is a user experience designer by day, a running, cycling, gardening type of girl when she wasn't wearing the designer hat.
