by Scuba Steve | Oct 12, 2026 | Visiting Oahu
Why Is There a Canyon Off Waikiki? How Turtle Canyon Oahu Formed Overview The question we get is always about depth. How deep is Turtle Canyon Oahu, can I touch the bottom, is it over my head. Those are fair questions and they have short answers. The more interesting...
by Scuba Steve | Oct 11, 2026 | Visiting Oahu
Are There Sea Turtles in Pearl Harbor? Overview Nobody books a trip to Pearl Harbor to look at animals. You go for the history, you stand at the rail, you get quiet. And then somewhere in the middle of all that, a dark shape rolls at the surface a little way off, and...
by Scuba Steve | Oct 5, 2026 | Visiting Oahu
Drones and Honu: Hawaii’s Rules for Filming Sea Turtles From the Air Overview Ten years ago nobody needed a rule about this. Now a good drone fits in a jacket pocket, costs less than a nice camera lens, and a sea turtle resting on a Hawaiian beach is one of the...
by Scuba Steve | Oct 3, 2026 | Turtle Behavior
Are You Seeing the Same Turtles Every Trip? Inside Honu Site Fidelity at Oahu Turtle Canyon Overview Most people climb back on the boat feeling lucky. The assumption is that sea turtles roam the whole island, and that a few of them happened to drift through that...
by Scuba Steve | Sep 30, 2026 | Turtle Behavior
Why Sea Turtles Stay Calm Around Snorkelers but Vanish When Scuba Divers Show Up Overview Spend enough mornings in Hawaiian water and you start to notice something odd. A green sea turtle will sit on the reef chewing limu while a whole group of snorkelers drifts along...