Outrigger Canoe
and Snorkeling

 

Summer Vacation 2018 - Hawaii

(created Sun. July 29, 2018; updated Sun. Feb. 17, 2018)





Paddling our own outrigger canoe in the open Pacific ocean... past the breakwater


Snorkeling on King Kamehameha’s beach


Snorkeling on the Ironman Triathlon beach - Niamalu Beach







Kona Boys operates snorkeling and canoeing and other outdoor activities.  They have a hut on Kim Kam Beach, right between the hotel pool and the water.  We talked with them and learned that they also host outrigger canoe trips, so we signed up.


It was fun, and easier than we expected.


Matt quickly secured his GoPro HERO4 to the crossbar that is between the canoe and the outrigger.  Then, we were paddling. 




We learned that on an outrigger, different from a canoe, you’re supposed to all  paddle on the same side then to the other... but not changing every stroke... paddle several to the right then several to the left.  We made it out in the open water.  The view of Kailua Bay was pretty.  Dad and Abby both jumped into the water, like we did in the Snake River last summer.


Ryan was our guide and he shared that the big house next to the hotel, just past Kamehameha’s temple is owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen... nice.  An internet search shows this is true - it is one of Paul Allen’s many homes.


It was a nice ride and we now know that it takes a lot of work to get from island to island and much more to get 2,000+ miles from Tahiti to Hawaii.


Thank you, Ryan, for the fun afternoon!




























We also snorkeled a couple times in Kim Kam Beach and also snorkeled once in the beach where they start the Ironman Triathlon.





We saw:

  1. -yellow tang... many many many yellow tang

  2. -Achilles tang (dark blue/black with orange)

  3. -blue parrotfish

  4. -kihi kihi - pennant fish with “the long white hair” trailing back off the top of their heads

  5. -Moorish Idols

  6. -one long yellow trumpetfish



















Links to the rest of this travel journal:


  1. 1)Highlights

  2. 2)Highlights - Big Island

  3. 3)Highlights - Oahu

  4. 4)Highlights - Kauai


  5. 5)Hawaii Geography


  6. 6)Flights - STL / St. Louis to KOA / Kona


  1. 7)Kona - Kailua

  2. 8)Kona - Painted Church and Place of Refuge

  3. 9)Kona - Coffee


  1. 10)Ka Lae / South Point and Punalu’u / Black Beach

  2. 11)Kona - Outrigger Canoe and Snorkeling

  3. 12)Moku Nui Lava Boat Tour

  4. 13)Lava Boat Videos

  5. 14)Drive, Hilo to Kona on Hw 19



  6. 15)Flight - KOA / Kona to HNL / Honolulu

  7. 16)Oahu - Chinatown and Diamond Head

  8. 17)Oahu - Dole Plantation Maze and Polynesian Cultural Center

  9. 18)Oahu - Hanauma Bay

  10. 19)Oahu - Hanauma Bay Videos



  11. 20)Flight - HNL / Honolulu to LIH / Lihue, Kauai

  12. 21)Kauai Churches

  13. 22)Kauai - Na Pali Catamaran

  14. 23)Kauai - Na Pali Videos

  15. 24)Kauai - fun in the resort and at Kalapaki Beach

  16. 25)Flight - LIH / Lihue, Kauai to STL / St. Louis



  17. 26)SLUH in HI



  18. 27)Hawaii Revealed

  19. 28)Postcards

  20. 29)Reviews



  21. 30)Hawaii 2000

  22. 31)Hawaii 2000 - Maui

  23. 32)Hawaii 2000 - Oahu