Our corals are dying on the north shore of Kauai and we all need to work together to fix the problem if we want our grand children to see a coral reef and healthy marine ecosystem. For thousands of years Hawaiians took care of the sea but over the last 100 years we have not Read More …
Category: Education
Junior Lifeguards Gallery
A Message From Terry
A message from Terry on how you can help the cause of Underwater2Web and the Hanalei River Heritage Foundation in our efforts to preserve and protect our marine and surf environments for future generations.
Waipa Corals 100% dead and covered in mud!!
Hi Ocean Lovers, I hate to keep sending out these negative letters but I must report what my video camera is documenting. A few days ago I took video of 60 yards of the inner reef at Waipa and was disgusted with what I saw. 100% of the corals had died and were covered in Read More …
Roi, Hawaii’s Most Dangerous Fish
Roi or peacock grouper, were introduced into Hawaii in 1956 from Mo’orea to add to the food source for Hawaiian fishermen. This fish grows to about 16 inches and five pounds and they are now very common in Kaua’i. This fish fills a nitch that no other Hawaiian fish fills and it eats a wide Read More …
Snorkel and Junior Lifeguard Classes
These pictures are from my snorkel class with Lifeguard Pat and his junior lifeguard class at Anini Beach in 6/2011. I was teaching the kids how to identify coral and fish species after giving them a talk about sharks.
Hawaiian Fish Gallery
Video: Invasive Species
In 1956 the government let go several fish species in Hawaii that were native to Tahiti. They were the peacock grouper (roi), blue striped snapper (ta’ape) and black tailed snapper (to’ao). They let the fish go in Hawaii to add to the amount of fish the fishermen could catch to eat or for sale. It Read More …
Video: Hanalei River Plugged Up
Hanalei Corals Dead and Polluted Bay
There is some very disturbing things happening right now in Hanalei Bay that I think everyone would be concerned about. I have studied the sea for 45 years worldwide and this is one of the worst shallow water problems I have ever seen and it seems to be just ignored. Thousands of yards of river Read More …