Kahe Point, Oahu

Kahe Point refers to a couple of dive sites a few hundred meters apart. One was off Kahe Point Beach Park, and the other was a bit north off what was then called Electric Beach, a beach opposite the Kahe Point power plant. It was a pretty easy walk-in dive in both areas. A rocky reef started up near the shore, but did not extend out very far--only to a depth of less than 10m as I recall. Beyond this was flat sand for some distance. I did not dive here often while chasing opisthobranchs, but Kahe Point Beach Park was the site of my first night dive in Hawaii back in early 1970, and it got me hooked on the Hawaiian night life. Unfortunately, the beach park was somewhat secluded, dark at night, and not easily observed from the road. Consequently, it was not a safe place to leave a car while you spent an hour and a half in the water. On one occasion, we had a rigged tank, regulator, and backpack disappear from the rear of our car in the few minutes it took to hike a short cliff down to the water to fill up a bucket.

The short cliff you had to drop down to get to the water at the beach park was an uplifted coral reef. Hunting around on the eroding limestone you could find fossilized seashells, some of which are no longer present as living species in Hawaii.

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