Difficulty
intermediate
Viz (last reported 16256h ago)
Max Depth
15ft
Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at Shark's Cove
Very easy shore dive, local PADI instructors take students here for their open water cert dives. Lots of turtles, fishes... also neat swim-throughs in the reef. Nothing too nasty, maybe the occasional reef shark, though I've never seen one here. A great O'ahu dive. But it's crowded on the summer weekends... though Three Tables (another dive site) is right next door, so there's plenty of space in the water, even if parking is bad.
Shark's Cove at Kalalua Point is another must-dive site for Oahu. The entry is easy, and it's just a short kick to get outside the reef. Kids and snorkelers will find the cove perfect for their activities. Rocky coastal area & tidal pools teeming with small fish for snorkeling, plus showers & restrooms. Off Kamehameha Highway on the North Shore in the Waimea area.
Why is it called Shark's Cove? Because the outline of the reef from above looks like a shark.
Shark's Cove is also known as Pupukea
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Troy in Kaneohe
Jul 21, 2011, 12:00 AM
scuba
Went here for a Fathers Day (6/19/11) dive club dive. We had a huge turn out with about 100 divers reported. I'd been looking forward to the dive for several months but it finally became diveable. It was worth the wait…… the fish in the area were in abundance, especially idols and tangs. Entry was a bit difficult as there are two ways to enter. We entered from the top of the hill, slightly to the right of the actual cove; lots of large rocks and some surge/surf that pushed you around a bit. Easy to trip going down and entering. Once you go down it makes for a nice dive, little surge and a few swim throughs. The other entry is a giant stride off to the far right, I didn't do it but saw a few others. They reported no problems with it.
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