Winter season is the ideal time for the visitors who love surfing while summers are best for those who love scuba diving, snorkeling, swimming and windsurfing. Light winds becoming east 10 to 15 mph in the late evening and overnight. Chance of rain 20 percent. Hop aboard the Four Winds II, a 55-foot, glass-bottom catamaran, for one of the most dependable snorkel trips around. You’ll spend more time than the other charter boats do at Molokini and enjoy turtle-watching on the way home.
The beach is safe except during periods of high surf or Kona storms [severe winds from west]. The internationally famous windsurfing conditions bring competitors and watchers from all over the world. Great place to join (or just watch) the world’s best windsurfers. Hop aboard the Four Winds II, a 55-foot, glass-bottom catamaran, for one of the most dependable snorkel trips around. You’ll spend more time than the other charter boats do at Molokini and enjoy turtle-watching on the way home.
The best swimming spot is near Black Rock where it is protected. We usually see lots of people lazing around on the beach. The nearshore ocean bottom at Kaanapali Beach drops quickly to overhead depths, so novice swimmer should be cautious. Surfers and bodyboarders frequent this beach during times of high surf. It can get crowded, but for clear, warm, calm waters, an abundance of fish that are so friendly they’ll swim right up to your face mask, a beautiful setting, and easy access, there’s no place like Hanauma Bay. Just wade in waist-deep and look down to see more than 50 species of reef and inshore fish.
Browse to http://oceansafety.soest.hawaii.edu/ for more information about this beach. And for every sunset dinner cruise, there is a community outrigger canoe club bearing the torch for an ancient Polynesian way of life, in full ceremonial glory.
