A Snorkel and Kayak Trip

Roger from A Place of Refuge B&B took his guests on a kayak and snorkel trip to Kealakekua Bay and the Captain Cook Monument. This was my first time in a kayak. I found them to be very stable and easy to paddle (in calm waters, anyway). I used my Minolta underwater camera for the first time while snorkelling the reef in front of the Captain Cook monument.  This location is on the inaccessible side of Kealakekua Bay, so you will need to either sign up for a snorkel cruise leaving from Kailua-Kona, or rent a kayak locally and launch it from Napo'opo'o. On our way over, we saw a Humpback whale, and we had a school of Spinner dolphins swim alongside us on the way back - both very special treats.

Roger is an experienced diver who visits this area regularly, so he went exploring some underwater caves outside the reef. One cave had two sharks staying in it.