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Pawai Bay and Old Airport Dive Moorings
19° 38.8′ N · 156° 1.3′ W
Between Honokohau and Kailua the reef off Pawai Bay and the Old Kona Airport is laced with lava arches, caves and sand channels on a string of day-use moorings: Kaiwi Arch Cave, Kaiwi Sand Channel, Kaiwi Kamanu, the Kaiwi Wash Rocks, Disneyland, Air Tanks, Shark Fin Rock, Old Airport, Outhouse and Eel Cove.
Practical
Coordinate is the Kaiwi Sand Channel (Pawai Bay) mooring from the Malama Kai layer; Disneyland 19.64717, -156.01977; Old Airport 19.64413, -156.01650; Shark Fin Rock 19.64367, -156.01567; Eel Cove North 19.65503, -156.03183; Outhouse 19.65003, -156.03010. The Old Kona Airport MLCD lies inshore here and includes a mapped No Boating Zone; stay outside it in a boat. Day use only; pick up a mooring rather than anchoring.
Best for
Easy reef dives between Kailua and Honokohau
Nearby
- Old Kona Airport State Recreation Area0.6 NM away
- Island Naturals Market and Deli (Kona)1.1 NM away
- Harbor House Restaurant (Honokohau)1.3 NM away
- Honokohau Harbor1.3 NM away
- Honokohau Harbor Fuel Dock1.3 NM away
- Honokohau Harbor Port of Entry (CBP)1.3 NM away
- J&K Wash and Go Laundromat (Kailua-Kona)1.3 NM away
- Kona Sportfishing Fleet (Honokohau Harbor)1.3 NM away
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