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Kauai Scuba Diving Highlights

By Travel Expert: Ludmilla Alexander

  • Head offshore to Ke'e Lagoon, Tunnels Reef, and Cannons—all excellent dive sites from 12 to 65 feet deep.
  • Roam through underwater terrain thick with coral reefs, lava tubes, caves, basalt boulders, and colorful fish.
  • Come in summer when Pacific storms subside. Visibility averages 100 feet in calm water.
  • Challenge yourself in waters surrounding Niihau. Dramatic drops require absolute buoyancy control.

Kauai Overview

On any list of the world's most spectacular islands, Kauai ranks right up there with Bora Bora, Huahine, and Rarotonga. All the elements are here: moody rainforests, majestic cliffs, jagged peaks, emerald valleys, palm trees swaying in the breeze, daily rainbows, and some of the most spectacular golden beaches you'll find anywhere. Soft tropical air, sunrise bird song, essences of ginger and plumeria, golden sunsets, sparkling waterfalls -- you don't just go to Kauai, you absorb it with every sense. It may get more than its fair share of tropical downpours, but that's what makes it so lush and green -- and creates an abundance of rainbows. Read More

Hotels

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Kauai Marriott Resort & Beach Club
Kalapaki Beach, 3610 Rice Street
Lihue (Island of Kauai), HI 96766 Map
Hotel Class: 4 class stars
Distance: 0.5 Miles
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Kauai Beach Hotel and Resort
4331 Kauai Beach Drive
Lihue (Kauai), HI 96766 Map
Hotel Class: 4 class stars
Distance: 2.7 Miles
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Grand Hyatt Kauai
1571 Poipu Road
Kauai, HI 96756 Map
Hotel Class: 5 class stars
Distance: 8.4 Miles
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Attractions

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Fern Grotto
Smith's Motor Boats. Wailua Marina, at the mouth of the Wailua River; turn off Kuhio Hwy. (Hwy. 56) into Wailua Marine State Park
Kauai, Hawaii
Distance: 8.2 Miles (from destination center)
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This is one of Kauai's oldest (since 1946) and... Read More

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Kalapaki Beach
(about two miles from Lihue)
off of Highway 50
Lihue, Hawaii 96766
Distance: 0.5 Miles (from destination center)
Description: Aside from the usual (stunning) stretch of white... Read More
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Lydgate Beach
On Hwy. 56 in Wailua
Kauai, Hawaii
Distance: 4.6 Miles (from destination center)
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