Phillip Troutman's Dive Log

Snorkeled and free dove several times during the week of 6/13/22 both inside the tables and outside the tables and all the way to the right end of the little bay towards the fire station. Low tide and high tide both great for snorkeling. Several turtles on the far right end near the rocks. Three or four eels inside the tables, one of them defending a dead fish. Outside the tables was maybe 20 to 30 feet deep With amazing lava troughs and weird formations. Good visibility til a rare summer surge came in. On the surge days, visibility down but still better than at Sharks Cove, but surf was sometimes too strong around the rocks to be safe. This was our favorite spot we snorkeled on the North Shore, both for the variety of fish and for the interesting reef surfaces and formations.

We made the mistake of snorkeling sharks cove during theme tail end of a rare summer surge (occasional 1-foot waves in the cove), plus low tide. Extremely rocky entry with waves pushing you back and forth when you’re still only waist deep—hard to walk and hard to swim it. Once you get out into the open the current was fine, but kicking up lots of sand, so visibility was low. Very little to see. Maybe high tide would’ve been fine even with the tail end of this little surge. But the combination made for a bad experience.