be careful not to get them wet
Kauai
There are a bunch of nice spots near Port Allen where our boat was harbored. One we particularly enjoyed was "Hale O'Hona" or home of the turtles. Tons of turtles about waiting to get cleaned by the surgeonfish.
If you are willing to spend the time and money on an all-day excursion, I recommend Mana Crack around the western tip of the island along the Na-Pali coast and another to Ni'ihau, a small island to the west of Kauai. Give me a minute and I'll go snaffle a few picks I posted on WUS....
There, a Galapagos Shark at a spot on Ni'ihau called Vertical Awareness:
This is why they call it Vertical Awareness:
Looking up from the same place:
Another dive, this swim-thru aptly named TV Cave:
On the subject of travel insurance, we had to let our annual policy drop last Sept. because our broker lost coverage. We did a trip to Cozumel for Christmas and had to go through a traditional company (starts with an A) for a single trip policy. After returning from the trip, I was looking to see about another annual policy and discovered something eye-opening.
I was actually trying to see what coverage for Covid interruptions was but I also saw an exclusion in the standard policy that limits diving to sixty feet, i.e. if you record over sixty feet of depth on your computer on any part of any of your dives, the insurance is null and void.
Well, I don't know about you but we are certified for 100 feet and often dive to ninety or more.
The insurance we normally buy is through Diver Alert Network (broker) and is good up to the Recreational Diver limit of 130 feet. It is a bit more expensive than traditional insurance for the similar coverage and the extra risk is why. So keep that in mind when shopping for trip insurance when diving.
