Kealakekua Bay and Captain Cook Monument
Hawaii's best snorkeling, with spinner dolphins, in the bay where Captain Cook was killed in 1779.
- Open
- Open all year, weather permitting
- Price
- Paid tours
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Hawaii Island, HIGoogle MapsApple Maps
- Getting There
- About 30 minutes south of Kona.
Why Go
It's a protected reef, and it's best by licensed boat or kayak, with permits needed for kayak landings at the monument. A steep 4-mile trail also reaches it. Keep away from resting dolphins, as the law requires.
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