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Honolua Bay
Supreme snorkeling spot.  No place for kids.  Park on the road again or on the little mud turnoff.  After a beautiful walk through a jungle canopy, pass the begging cats and you come to a rocky bay.  You can't call this a beach.  The only reason you are here is to snorkel.  There is a little sand off to the left.  Karen and I just find a spot on the rocks off to the right and park our stuff.  Best places to get in and out are the boat ramp (if you want to call it that) and straight out from the sandy spot.  It is not always easy getting in and out.  If the stream is running after a rain or if it looks too murky from the shore because of high surf or storms, turn around and go back.
Dive boats come into the bay between 10 and 11, so we come early and leave when it gets too crowded.  I have seen turtles, eels, the full array of reef fish and even dolphins.  The corals and urchins and all of that other stuff are beautiful.

We've gone about as far north as we can go!