http://www.scubalot.com/taxonomy/term/16/0 en http://www.scubalot.com/divesite/place_of_refuge <div class="field-item"><p><span class="inline left"><a href="/" onclick="launch_popup(57, 530, 421); return false;" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.scubalot.com/files/images/Hawaii_fish.img_assist_custom.jpg" alt="Hawaii Fish" title="Hawaii Fish" class="image img_assist_custom" width="189" height="150" /></a><span class="caption" style="width: 187px;"><strong>Hawaii Fish</strong></span></span></p> <p>Place of Refuge National Park is on the Kona Coast area of the Big Island of Hawaii. This is a shore dive and probably the most beautiful and best dive of all the dives on our trip to the islands. </p> <p><span class="inline right"><a href="/" onclick="launch_popup(58, 530, 398); return false;" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.scubalot.com/files/images/Hawaii_turtle.img_assist_custom.jpg" alt="Green Sea Turtle" title="Green Sea Turtle" class="image img_assist_custom" width="200" height="150" /></a><span class="caption" style="width: 198px;"><strong>Green Sea Turtle</strong></span></span></p> <p>There is an easy entrance of lava rock steps and once in the water it is fantastic. They say this area has a special spiritual energy - I don't know about that, but the dive was kind of magical! </p> <p>We saw a lot of green sea turtles, wonderful coral "fields", and nearby snorkelers were swimming with dolphins. Oh happy day.</p> <br class="clear" /></div> http://www.scubalot.com/divesite/place_of_refuge#comment 19.422401 -155.911617 19.422401 -155.911617 19.422401 -155.911617 Hawaiian Islands Sat, 29 Jul 2006 00:14:00 +1000 gracer 59 at http://www.scubalot.com