Hanauma Bay Marine Life Conservation District
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Hanauma Bay (pronounced "ha-NOW-mah", not "ha-NAH-mah" or "ha-nah-OOMAH") is a marine embayment formed within a volcanic cone or crater and located along the southeast coast of the Island of O‘ahu (just east of Honolulu) in the Hawaiian Islands. Hanauma is one of the most popular tourist destinations on the Island and has suffered somewhat from overuse (at one time accommodating over three million visitors per year). The Park is open every day except Tuesday.
Hanauma is both a Nature Preserve and a Marine Life Conservation District (the first of several established in the State of Hawai‘i). Visitors are required by law to refrain from mistreating marine animals or from touching, walking, or otherwise having contact with coral heads, which appear much like large rocks on the ocean floor (here, mostly seaward of the shallow fringing reef off the beach). It is always recommended to avoid contacting coral or marine rocks as cuts to the skin can result and neglecting such wounds may bring medical problems.
[www.co.honolulu.hi.us/parks/facility/hanaumabay/welcome...]
Hanauma Bay, 3.5 miles SW of Makapu‘u Head, is 0.3 mile wide and extends 0.5 mile inland. The waters off the entrance are very choppy during S and E winds. Across the head of the bay is a sand beach that is fringed by 150 yards of coral reefs. The bay is a nature preserve
and is a popular snorkeling and scuba diving site. State regulations do not permit boats to enter the bay.
[www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=7] Chapter 14
Hanauma is both a Nature Preserve and a Marine Life Conservation District (the first of several established in the State of Hawai‘i). Visitors are required by law to refrain from mistreating marine animals or from touching, walking, or otherwise having contact with coral heads, which appear much like large rocks on the ocean floor (here, mostly seaward of the shallow fringing reef off the beach). It is always recommended to avoid contacting coral or marine rocks as cuts to the skin can result and neglecting such wounds may bring medical problems.
[www.co.honolulu.hi.us/parks/facility/hanaumabay/welcome...]
Hanauma Bay, 3.5 miles SW of Makapu‘u Head, is 0.3 mile wide and extends 0.5 mile inland. The waters off the entrance are very choppy during S and E winds. Across the head of the bay is a sand beach that is fringed by 150 yards of coral reefs. The bay is a nature preserve
and is a popular snorkeling and scuba diving site. State regulations do not permit boats to enter the bay.
[www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=7] Chapter 14
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanauma_Bay
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 21°16'5"N 157°41'36"W
- Maunalua Bay 10 km
- Kaneohe Bay 24 km
- Ke'ehi Lagoon 25 km
- East Loch 32 km
- West Loch 36 km
- Māmala Bay 43 km
- Ma'alaea Bay 131 km
- South Maui 133 km
- Kawaihae Bay 236 km
- Hilo Bay 320 km
- Koko Head 0.5 km
- Lunalilo Park 1.9 km
- Koko Head Regional Park 2.2 km
- Hawai'i Kai 2.6 km
- Kamilo Nui Valley 3.6 km
- Aina Haina Valley 6.6 km
- Waialea Iki 7.7 km
- Honolulu, Hawaii 14 km
- Molokai/Kaiwi Channel 24 km
- Oʻahu 37 km
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