Koloa Landing
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About this site
Koloa Landing is an easy shore dive on the south shore of Kauai, Hawaii. The reef is large and gives plenty to explore, with depths of about 15 to 45 ft (5 to 14 m), and the site suits divers of all levels.
The site is protected, but high south surf over 4 ft makes entry and exit harder, and there is no lifeguard. Sea turtles, moray eels, octopuses, lobsters, scorpionfish, boxfish, hawkfish, nudibranchs and white-tip reef sharks are all listed here.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Sea turtleSea turtleReported here · unconfirmed
Moray eelMoray eelReported here · unconfirmed
LobsterLobsterReported here · unconfirmed
Reef sharkReef sharkReported here · unconfirmed
ParrotfishParrotfishReported here · unconfirmed
Saddle WrasseThalassoma duperreyReported here · unconfirmed
Orangeblotch SurgeonfishAcanthurus olivaceusReported here · unconfirmed
Pacific White-spotted Sea CucumberActinopyga variansReported here · unconfirmed
Hump CoralPorites lobataReported here · unconfirmed
Arc-eye HawkfishParacirrhites arcatusReported here · unconfirmed
OctopusOctopusConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
ScorpionfishScorpionfishReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
WhaleWhaleReported here · unconfirmed
LizardfishLizardfishReported here · unconfirmed
Spreading Rice CoralMontipora patulaReported here · unconfirmed
Hawaiian Convict SurgeonfishAcanthurus triostegusReported here · unconfirmed
Green Sea TurtleChelonia mydasReported here · unconfirmed
Christmas WrasseThalassoma trilobatumReported here · unconfirmed
Moorish IdolZanclus cornutusReported here · unconfirmed
Manybar GoatfishParupeneus multifasciatusReported here · unconfirmed
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