When I first started scuba diving many years ago in Kaua‘i, I noticed large schools of kikakapu (butterfly fish) following me around while diving. I…
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Have you noticed lately that there are a lot of beach erosion articles in the newspapers here in Hawai‘i? Almost everyday the news covers a…
This 3-inch-long, gray-colored gregory with yellow eyes is the most aggressive fish on the Hawaiian coral reef. The gregory (a damselfish) are highly territorial, and…
Scuba diving one day years ago on the outer reefs at Sharks Cove on O‘ahu’s North Shore, I found an overhang where the big winter…
Many of our Hawaiian salt water fish look very different when they are babies as opposed to being adults. The threadfin jack is so unusual…
Out on the coral reef, fish have to look big and tough so they don’t get eaten by larger, predator fish. A small fish can…
In 2012, I shot 100 hours of video of the brown rice corals along the entire Kaua‘i North Shore and was just stunned at the…
This 4-inch long, skinny fish has a huge smile on its face, and looks totally harmless. It swims in open water above the reef and…
The broad stingray is fairly common in Hawai‘i, but rarely seen by divers and snorkelers because it likes to feed in calm bays where the…
In 1937, a wealthy, 64-year-old patron of the arts and philanthropist, Robert Allerton (1873-1964), bought the 125-acre McBryde Estate located on Lawa‘i Bay, paying $50,000…