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Oahu Snorkeling Tours, Snorkel Trips, and Snorkeling Charters
Exciting Oahu snorkeling tours, trips and charters can be found off the coast of Waikiki and Honolulu, but many excellent snorkel tours, trips, and charters can be found off the coast of Waianae, Kailua, and Haleiwa as well.
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Hanauma Bay is also one of the great snorkeling spots on Oahu and has easy access from the shore. If you're planning on snorkeling while on Oahu you'll want to check out all of the snorkeling companies available from Honolulu.
There are numerous snorkeling boats on Oahu and many will include round-trip transportation from your Waikiki hotel. Most trips take you to ocean areas close to Waikiki but others will take you to other areas across the island. One such trip takes you over the mountains through the Pali Tunnel to Kaneohe Bay where you'll sail to a sand bar that overlooks the film site of Gilligan's Island and the picturesque island called Chinaman's Hat.
Never snorkeled on Oahu before?
Snorkeling is simple, can be learned in a matter of minutes and mastered on your first outing. Snorkeling is easiest to learn with the assistance of one of the crew members on a Oahu snorkeling trip.
Here are some reasons people love snorkeling on Oahu:
- The ocean waters surrounding Oahu are comfortably warm, have great visibility (often in excess of 100 feet), and are teeming with beautiful coral formations and colorful tropical fish.
- Snorkel over fantastic spires and crevices of coral, watch for eels, starfish, rays, lobster, or even a giant ulua. Examples of such reefs would be on the North Shore at Haleiwa.
- In addition to beautiful reefs, one can almost always find schools of dolphins off the leeward coast at Waianae.
- Many of Oahu's snorkel boat charters will also include sailing as a part of your ocean experience.
- Snorkeling trips will likely include Mai Tai's and other beverages as a part of your Oahu snorkeling adventure.
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Snorkeling in Oahu - As is the case with all the Hawaiian Islands, snorkeling on Oahu is among the most favorite of activities. The water on Oahu is warm enough to swim in comfortably all year and there are lots of areas to see great coral formations, turtles, dolphins and reef fish. Snorkeling tours can be found all over Oahu and on a wide variety of vessels. If it works for you try to arrange one that is a half a day or longer so you can savor the total ocean experience. Snorkeling always makes me hungry and its great to have a wonderful lunch prepared and waiting along with a cold beer after a tough day of morning snorkeling. There's also something quite relaxing about just lounging about on deck of your boat soaking up the Oahu sunshine and working on a tan. I don't know if it works this way for you but when I'm visiting on the mainland dreaming about Hawaii my mind often goes directly to those glimpses imprinted in my memory of an idyllic blue sky day with sunlight shafts lazering their way through a colorful reef complete with dozens of fish swimming about. The snorkeling is great on Oahu.
