Turtle Bluffs (Hill)
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About this site
Turtle Bluffs is a boat dive on the south side of Kauai, Hawaii, just west of General Store. It is rated intermediate to advanced, with depths of 45 to 90 feet (14 to 27 m).
The site is a small hill with 15 to 20 ledges around three sides. A turtle cleaning station sits at the top of the hill, and green sea turtles are a feature of the dive.
Expect blue stripe snapper in big schools, white tip reef sharks, black coral, a Hawaiian morwong, bandit angelfish, dragon wrasse, black triggerfish, nudibranchs, grey snapper, pyramid and pennant butterflyfish, giant porcupinefish and spotted puffers. A spotted knifejaw about three and a half feet long is also seen here.
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Currents are usually not a problem, but the site is far offshore and tends to catch the same conditions as General Store. In stronger current it is often run as a drift. If the current is strong enough, divers can drift through Fish Bowl and all the way to General Store, or the other way round depending on the direction. There is a good chance of seeing larger animals.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
SnapperSnapperConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
Sea turtleSea turtleReported here · unconfirmed
Reef sharkReef sharkReported here · unconfirmed
Arc-eye HawkfishParacirrhites arcatusReported here · unconfirmed
Blackfin ChromisPycnochromis vanderbiltiReported here · unconfirmed
Dusky SurgeonfishAcanthurus nigrofuscusReported here · unconfirmed
Lei TriggerfishSufflamen bursaReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
PufferfishPufferfishReported here · unconfirmed
TriggerfishTriggerfishReported here · unconfirmed
Green Sea TurtleChelonia mydasReported here · unconfirmed
Saddle WrasseThalassoma duperreyReported here · unconfirmed
Hawaiian Monk SealNeomonachus schauinslandiReported here · unconfirmed
Hawaiian DascyllusDascyllus albisellaReported here · unconfirmed
AngelfishAngelfishReported here · unconfirmed
WrasseWrasseReported here · unconfirmed
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