Hawaii Endemics: The following photographs are a few of the endemic fish you will find on the Kona Coast. The word endemic means confined to a particular place.
Diving off the Kona Coast you always encounter our endemic fish shown here. No other place outside of the Hawaiian Islands will you encounter these endemics in the wild.
Green Lionfish,nohu Dendrochirus barbei The Hawaii Word "nohu" means Scorpionfish
Photo by: Bob Jensen of KCD
Hawaiian Whitespotted Toby, Canthigaster Jactator
Photo by: Bob Jensen of KCD
Golden Green Goby, Priolepis aureoviridis
Photo by: Bob Jensen of KCD
Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse, Labroides phthirophagus
Photo By: Bob Jensen of KCD
MANTA RAY BAY (West of Honokokohau Harbor at .5 miles, 5 min.)This dive site just outside Honokokohau Harbor, north of Alula Beach, south of Turtle Pinnacle site. This site is protected and particularly used when south swells render other dive sites unapproachable. The dive starts in a depth of 35 feet where the boat is secured to a day diving mooring. From the beginning of the dive going west, there are bare ledges like huge stepping stones, turning into a tightly packed coral garden. Still further on are huge boulders, piles of tumbled coral and lava rocks, then comes the blue abyss, where mantas are often sighted. Off on the ledge to the north, there is a sandy finger with garden eels stretching up out of their holes. If you head south, there are crevices and pukas (Hawaiian word for hole, entrance, vent, opening) like caves or lava tubes sheltering various creatures (crabs, eels and nocturnal fishes). This is a dive site that seems different every time you dive it, so relax and enjoy!
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