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When I was a teenager a loooooooong time ago, some friends and I did a snorkel charter from Kona out to Kelakekua Bay and were dropped off right near the monument. We were told explicitly not to go on the shoreline and to respect the wishes of the residents in the community that live there year round. I came across a couple of snowflake eels several meters out from the memorial that made it clear they weren't impressed with us disturbing their nests. We were told the lava in the bay was not very old as there were orally-passed down stories about it forming. The guides caught a 150 pound Yellowfin Tuna on the way back to Kona and had it sold to a local restaurant for several thousand dollars before we even tied up. Thanks for sharing this. It's such a beautiful location and filled with history-- both geologic and the human sort as well.

Hey It's all good, Shawn, loving whatever you post. Thanks for including us in your adventures. Very interesting cultural and historical notes. Those black spiny urchins: ouch! Yes, blue blue water!

The fish were amazing

Yay! Another geo-adventure. Thx Prof ✌🏻 history was so interesting. Nice addition to the vid.

Watching after shoulder replacement. Loved the snorkeling with no sound. Just like going myself. Thanks for these trips I could not go on.

@shawnwillsey

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Glad you enjoyed it!

Fun fact, around the 3:00 mark, that large hole in the cliff was man made. For some time, cannon balls were shot at that part of the cliff in memory of Captian Cook. You could imagine why some Hawaiians didn't appreciate it, being that there ancestors were laid to rest there. However, some time in the early 1900's(forgive me I'm trying to recall the stories handed down to me), Amy Greenwell had the firing of canon's stopped. Another thing, I remember some geology guys coming down one year and doing some studies. They mentioned that there was huge aquifer that provided much of our fresh water that we get down there. One example is the cold "Queens Bath" near the Cooks monument. My great grandmother's front yard is where Cooks monument now sits. Thank you for your video, it's nice seeing people explain what you did about a certain area. I'm glad you had a great time. Aloha🤙🏽

@shawnwillsey

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Mahalo. Hawaii is such a great place to see how geology and human history have blended.

Even under cloudy skies you can tell how blue the water is. Catalina Island off the coast of L.A. is known for equally crystal clear blue water. I used to love sailing there on weekends in the summer because the water along the shoreline and the bays and coves were SO clear you could easily see 30 ft to the bottom. Never seen sea water so incredibly clear.

Awesome Shawn 👌 James also had a little investment of history here in Australia 😶

Cool vid Shawn ....I was hoping to see future sushi lol.

Head scarfs, scarves could not find those two words in relation to geology. Scarfing is a word that I heard used over 50 yrs ago in relation to taking off - like soil, rock, wood. In woodwork it is a wood joint at about 45 degrees for each piece, the two cut faces are joined, scarfing is used in boat building. Shearing was another word used refering to removing, taking off. Sker another word used to refer to taking off. A sker of rock in the sea - a bit which was left after the removal of surrounding rock. The basalt cliffs look like the slate cliffs near to where I live - these were aparently formed by uplifting of the sedementary rock. From what I have seen on Bali Kubu area the cliffs shown on the video were one side of the lava flows (layers). What caused the basalt to break off. Could the flows that went into the sea be more brittle due to immersion, quicker cooling in the sea water? Did the flows fall onto gravel or an unstable base? Was the unstable base removed (by sea currents) so leaving the layers unsurported which resulted in the basalt breaking off? Was the break off due to additional layers (more weight) on the outer edge (over the sea) causing an outward pulling rotating movement along the land supported area? Likely there'd be earth movement due to volcanic activity.

Hey Shawn, what company did you use for the kayaks/snorkeling? Those fish look great!

@shawnwillsey

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Ehu and Kai adventures. Great company and students loved the outrigger canoes.

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What did you mean that those forms were going to be limestone?

future limestone 🙂

Better take it easy there. I think you might be working too hard.😉

The best laid plans . . .

Looking for the greater Idaho reef?

@briane173

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Craters of the Mahina.

Killed n eaten 🤐