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Salt Pond
Dive Site - Kauai, HI, United States
Latitude: 21.90047
Longitude: -159.60910
GPS coordinates are the shore entry pointfor this dive site.
Dive Site Tags:
Easy entry
Salt water
Site Access: Shore
Shore Entry Difficulty:
Beginner
Intermediate
Expert
Approximate Depth:
8m / 25ft
Weather Forecast
Fri Sep 18
25℃ / 77℉
Clear sky
Wind |
19 kmh / 12 mph E |
Humidity |
64% |
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"Salt Pond beach entry"
Reviewed Mar. 24, 2018
Entry from the far right side of the beach, then swim over/through some coral to get out. Fairly easy entry.
Turtles, eels, spotted box fish, several wrasse and surgeon fish, lizard fish, ornamental butterfly, moorish idols, squirrelfish, scythe triggerfish, schools of french grunts, bird wrasse.
Max depth ~20 ft., 15 ft average, 30 ft viability, 73f.... Show More
Visited March 2018
"Salt Pond "
Reviewed Mar. 15, 2018 Entry and exit of this shore dive would be beginner - intermediate depending on the visibility. The entry and exit is quite shallow, combined with the waves made the visibility poor (about 5 ft.) You want to follow the rocks ledge out and go to the left. After you pass the ledge there is a lot of different coral to swim over. Visibility throughout the dive was around 20 ft. Average depth was 14 ft, max depth was 20 ft. Water temperature was 73 F. I saw a few turtles, lots of Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse, Morrish Idol and schools of French Grunt's. ... Show More
Visited March 2018
"Easy Navigation Dive"
Reviewed Mar. 12, 2018 Dove this site, not very deep, 25 feet or so. Water temp was 74F Visibility was OK, 30 feet. Visibility got better deeper. Lots of fish, and coral heads. Out deeper saw lots of turtles. You can gear up in a small pond with sand bottom, only nav issue is the first 30 yards, and for this you just have to follow a channel right and then left, straight out to a small exposed lava rock, pay attention because you have to do this on the way in. Go right straight or left, lots of options, your tank will last because its not very deep.... Show More
Visited March 2018
"Shallow shore dive"
Reviewed Mar. 11, 2018 Park near the end of Lokokai Rd so you won’t need to haul your gear to far down to the beach. Once in the water, stay to the far-left side of the ‘pond’ until you turn the corner around the lava rock. I would recommend you snorkel the entry of this site to familiarize yourself with the best path to get out into the ocean. Be mindful of any current and plan your dive accordingly. This is really a nice site with lots of beautiful coral heads to explore.... Show More
Visited March 2018