During the winter months, the North Shore of Oahu is the Mecca of surfing in the world, huge waves travel the pacific ocean and break high on the reef but in the summer time, it becomes a diving paradise! One place in particular is the Pupukea Marine Sanctuary, it extends for a mile long of proteceted area, and the diving is great! However, there are rules to dive here: no fishing, no hunting, no taking. A lot of the endemic species of fish and turtles are found here, many species of nudibranch are regularly seen by divers. The rock formation is absolutely unique, a massive concentration of underwater caves, caverns, walls, overhangs, lava tubes and underwater canyons. Rare species of fish like the Titan Scorpion fish or the Hawaiian Turkey fish are not completely rare to see on a night dive.
The North Shore is truly a divers paradise.