Phoebe and Her Turtles: Snorkeling Oahu

  February has been a month of friends and rain out here in Oahu. Our house has been bustling with guests and I have stayed busy exploring the island as the tour guide. I wanted to show my good friend Phoebe what Oahu snorkeling was like so we headed to the southeast corner of the island. I knew Phoebe was a great swimmer and free diver so we headed to the cliffs near the Halona blowhole. The waves were small, so the kick out from Eternity Beach was quite easy. We could feel a slight current but no "Molokai express" today which can be a dangerously powerful current ripping along the coastline here threatening to whisk snorkelers and divers off to the far off island of Molokai.

We kick against the current while following several green sea turtles out into the blue. The water clarity was great so we stayed in the deeper water until eventually circling back along the cliffs. The cliffs here rise up over a hundred feet and plummet down another forty feet underwater. A few miles back at the popular Hanauma Bay you might see hundreds of people wading into the water, but here at Eternity Beach it is not unusual to have the site all to yourself. That is easy to appreciate when you are hanging out with some friendly turtles and listening to whales sing in the not so far distance.