Difficulty
intermediate
Viz (last reported 15877h 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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Eddie Bibriesca
Aug 28, 2016, 12:00 AM
scuba
Dove this site today. Among the best dives of my life! I dove solo at 6pm. at first I was kinda nervous but then it turn out to be a very easy dive. I access the water on the left side of the beach where there's sand. Everywhere else is very rocky. Then I navigated straight forward north, it's about 20 to 30ft for a while and that's where the most variety of animals and corals happened to be. I kept going in the same direction till I reached 45ft and had used one third of my tank so I turned back around. When I got to 25ft, I went to the right side of the beach and found the caves and caverns. It's spectacular!!! I concluded that you don't have to go far out, within the cove at 33ft the quantity of fish and diversity of species is amazing!!
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