Alpha adventure: Hawaii (Oct-Nov 15)

The Alpha adventure to Hawaii, October/November 2015.

I spent two weeks exploring the big island of Hawaii and visiting friends/checking out the tourist hotspots of Oahu.

The nature highlights included:
Night snorkelling/diving with manta rays, and diving in lava tubes full of macro in Kailua-Kona
Snorkelling with a huge pod of spinner dolphins, also in Kailua-Kona
Trekking around the active volcano Kilauea and across lava fields (see the volcano live webcam at https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/summit-webcams)
Epic waterfalls along the eastern coast of Hawaii near Hilo.
Cage-less snorkelling with Galapagos sharks off the north shore of Oahu.
Hanging out with bright green geckos!

I wasn't on iNaturalist then, but I have retrospectively recorded 9 species (in 10 observations) from the trip:
1 x marine mammal
2 x sharks/rays
1 x fish
2 x crustaceans
1 x gecko
1 x butterfly
1 x fern

Posted on 12 March, 2021 10:20 by alphaj16