Pipe Dreams
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About this site
Pipe Dreams lies off Kalaoa on the Kona coast of the Big Island of Hawaii, along the leeward shoreline of the Hawaiian Islands. This stretch of coast is characterized by lava rock formations dropping into the Pacific, with sites typically reached by boat from nearby Kailua-Kona harbors. The site reaches a maximum depth of around 20 metres and is generally rated an intermediate dive.
AI overviewMarine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Green Sea TurtleChelonia mydasReported here · unconfirmed
Yellow TangZebrasoma flavescensReported here · unconfirmed
Dusky SurgeonfishAcanthurus nigrofuscusReported here · unconfirmed
Saddle WrasseThalassoma duperreyReported here · unconfirmed
Goldring SurgeonfishCtenochaetus strigosusReported here · unconfirmed
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatusReported here · unconfirmed
Short-finned Pilot WhaleGlobicephala macrorhynchusReported here · unconfirmed
Indo-Pacific Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra mathaeiReported here · unconfirmed
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