Hey John! Great video. My wife has watched it more than 6 or 7 times. We snorkeled there about 5 years ago and there are so many more fish there today! We didn't see any schools of fish, just a few here and there. Seems like the bay shutdown really allowed the fish population, and reef, to bounce back. Yay! Very cool to see a seal return and get to relax and play. When we were there the beach was so crowded the seals would never have come in. Glad you were shooting that day and got to catch it. Good for you.

@HawaiiJohn

2 жыл бұрын

🌴 Aloha!~ Frank 🌈 I am so glad that you and your wife like my channel. I will continue to share Hawaii videos. Stay safe and Mahalo Nui Loa!! ^^ 🤙

Amazing to watch- feel as though I am there!

Lovely video!

This is number one on my list to do while we are there over Christmas break. Great video

Been there several times and it's best if you go as soon as it opens

Great video footage thanks

Very Nice!

So beautiful ....👍💚💙♥️

Been there. Beyond what i expected.

This has got to be the best upload of Hanauma bay ever !

Omg this is so beautiful to watch,Thankyou so much I really enjoyed watching.I’m sorry we didn’t get a chance to do this in 2019 but will definitely do it when we get out of prison lol,quarantine in Sydney.I’m going to watch it again

Wow. Amazing video!

@HawaiiJohn

2 жыл бұрын

🌴 Aloha!~ Cecilia-Ann Sandoval 🌈😄👍 Mahalo for watching!! ^^ 🤙

crisp footage!!! what camera? :)

Thanks for posting. Just got back from there last week. Unfortunately my GoPro leaked and I lost a lot of footage. Glad I could see a lot of the same scenes over again.

Hi. Love your video. My kids and I are going there in June 2022 hopefully if COVID-19 doesn't mess our plans up. I'm so excited, can't wait to snorkel here. I have a GoPro. I want to film here as well, hope mine will be as nice as yours. 😍

@HawaiiJohn

2 жыл бұрын

🌴 Aloha!~ PROUDSINGLEMOM #1 🌈 E Komo Mai!! 👍 I hope your family's travel plans come true. 🙏😄 Mahalo for watching!! ^^ 🤙

LOVED the Monk Seal, Those people should have moved INSTANTLY away and gave it a chance to come further up on the sand, HELLLOOOOO!!!

Great video John. I watched your video because a few friends spoke highly of the bay for snorkeling and our next trip to Hawaii we want to explore more islands for snorkeling (we are snorkeling junkies). The beach looks great and the water looks fantastic for having fun in. But, one of the best snorkeling spots in the world, I would not even consider it in the top 100. Unfortunately your video and many others showcases the unhealthy state of the reef at Hanauma Bay. There is only a few pieces of live coral (i saw 3 pieces in 20min) and as most can see it is just baren rock and dead coral. The few species of fish are quite cool (humu humu trigger, picaso trigger, convict tang, sailfin tang, naso tang) but the lack of a wide range of fish species also confirms the degradation of the bay due to decades of abuse by humans. Our trip to Maui and snorkeling some of the small bays was much different. Live coral blanketed the floor of the bay in all directions, and the water was teeming with life (a wide range of fish species, turtles, sharks, rays, and invertebrates). Honolua Bay on N Maui is one of those places that just blows you away. I am in no way criticizing you John or your video, just expressing my sadness that probably at one point, a long time ago, this bay was probably covered in live coral

Wow I’m going to do that in a Hawaii trip next week! I hope I see many fish as you do.

@HawaiiJohn

2 жыл бұрын

🌴 Aloha!~ exotic._.kuromi 🌈 E Komo Mai!! 👍 Walk down to the beach and take a seat in the area on the left. 😄 The fish will be waiting for you. 😄😄 Mahalo for watching!! ^^ 🤙

@carissacorpse

2 жыл бұрын

@@HawaiiJohn will for sure do!

Elvis Filmed Blue Hawaii Here.🤙

THANK YOU! I was stationed at Pearl in the 80's .... One thing I noticed is that there were a lot more fish there with you.

I"m glad to see you have branched out and are shooting underwater. It's good to see your channel grow. I'm sure I'm unpopular, but we both appreciate that you don't pander to the girls in bikini's. Certainly part of Hawaii, but not something that needs a lot of attention. On the flip side, as you know, you'd probably get more views if you went this direction. I really like watching your channel and appreciate your commitment to honest views of your islands. God Bless and we hope to be able to return soon. Be encouraged!

@HawaiiJohn

2 жыл бұрын

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Love it there. One of my favorite places in the world. Never saw a seal there though. How cool is that. 🤙🏼

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Going to Hawaii tomorrow - and looking up a better snorkel place and found this video! If you could read this in time, do we need a tour to snorkel there? Or should we just buy our own equipment and explore? We never snorkeled before :) thanks!

@HawaiiJohn

Жыл бұрын

🌴 Aloha!~ Kitten Paradise 🌈 You can rent it there, but I recommend that you purchase it from Walmart or ABC Store. 😄 You must make a reservation before going. pros10.hnl.info/hanauma-bay 👍 Mahalo for watching!! ^^ 🤙🤙

I was just there a couple of weeks ago. Beautiful reef. Was tons of fun.

@HawaiiJohn

2 жыл бұрын

🌴 Aloha!~ PianoDisneygal10 🌈😄👍👍 Mahalo for watching!! ^^ 🤙

19:40 OH MY GOODNESS I SAW THE EXACT SAME FISH WHEN I WAS IN HAWAII A MONTH AGO! IT COULD BE THE SAME ONE!!

@HawaiiJohn

2 жыл бұрын

🌴 Aloha!~ Lucy 🌈 Awesome!! 👍👍 humuhumunukunukuapua'a 😄 Mahalo for watching!! ^^ 🤙

E mālama kākou i nā mea e ola ana i ke kai. Nui ke aloha🐢🦭🐋🌊🐟🦀🐬

Feeding fish food to reef fish right in front of my snorkel mask 😊

How do you film this without scraping against the reef? It doesn’t look like there’s much clearance.

@HawaiiJohn

2 жыл бұрын

🌴 Aloha!~ Eileen Izquierda 🌈 I always take care of my buoyancy control and fin kicking to avoid scraping the reef. 😄 Happy Holidays! 👍 Mahalo for watching!! ^^ 🤙

Hello,John. I put it in for free 32 years ago. It was $ 7.5 three years ago. It's a harsh reality for me as a backpacker. I'm surprised that there are sea lions.

Question: post pandemic, is Hanauma Bay prettier and has more sea life or Three Tables & Shark's Cove? Never been before and I can't do both. Thx!

@HawaiiJohn

Жыл бұрын

🌴 Aloha!~ lcglazer 🌈 Hanauma Bay is a bay of fantastic scenery and Hawaiian beauty. It is a place where you can be healed just by looking at the unrealistic scenery. ⛱️ If you have to choose between the two, I recommend Sharks Cove. The amount of fish both look similar, but Hanauma Bay is overcrowded and the water is not clear. If you go to Shark Cove, you have to watch the tides. At low tide, the area available for snorkeling is reduced. Avoid weekends crowded with locals and go early for parking. 😄 Aside from these two, my favorite is Electric Beach on the west side of Oahu. The water is very clear, there are lots of tropical fish and you can see turtles. If you have time, please visit. 👍 Mahalo for watching!! ^^ 🤙🤙

@HomeDIYGardeningLifeStyle

11 ай бұрын

Can shark’s cove and electric beach snorkeling be done with kids? I am visiting in December

which is the best spot there to go? near the cliffs? what time is best to go? Trying to get a reservation but at 7 am it seems impossible

@HawaiiJohn

2 жыл бұрын

🌴 Aloha!~ James Hartman 🌈 In my opinion, the left end of the bay is really nice. I recommend going in the morning when the water is clear so that you can see lots of fish. It's a bit cold when you first enter the water, but you'll get used to it at some point. I can totally understand how you feel when you say it seems impossible. However, there are lots of people who are successful at making reservations, so I encourage you to keep trying. Be prepared before 7am to make a reservation online. 👍 Mahalo for watching!! ^^ 🤙

Beautiful place, but beware that the current passing the mouth of the bay causes a rotating current that will sweep you out to sea if you are not alert. Once I was just swimming along and looked down to see the bottom racing by. If I had not had swim fins on, I would have been swept out to sea.

I didn't see that much fish when I was there

Great video!!!👍🏻 Can I use your video for about 5 seconds on my channel? I'll leave your watermark in the video.

@HawaiiJohn

Жыл бұрын

🌴 Aloha!~ 맘무 mammu 🌈 Yes, you can use my video clips. Thank you for the watermark, and it will be a great help to promote my channel by leaving the link of the Hanauma Bay video in the description. 😄 Mahalo for watching!! ^^ 🤙🤙

Eh? When we went . .we only saw a few . . How come. . Where did you see so many ?? Did you swim out further???

@HawaiiJohn

2 жыл бұрын

🌴 Aloha!~ Amanda 🌈 I didn't go far. I wandered here and there looking for fish, and I was lucky enough to see a lot of fish. Mahalo for watching!! ^^ 🤙

@Mandydailyblog

2 жыл бұрын

@@HawaiiJohn that's fabulous!!

anyone else watching this the night before there flight to Hawaii leaves?

Clear water and lots of exotic fish. In 1957, these corals were alive and you could not walk on them without get cut. Looks likes time have destroyed that beauty. I see dead flat corals that people walks on. I do see a live one here and there between the harden one.

@Ninja_Sloth

2 жыл бұрын

I see the same as you Ricardo. No live coral at all. I assumed at one point, probably decades ago, there was most likely coral everywhere. If people could only see what it used to look like, we all would change our behavior on how we treat beautiful ocean bays

Fun Fact: The Humuhumunukunukuapua'a is not the longest named fish in Hawaiian. The longest is the Lauwilywilynukunuku oioi (long nose butterflyfish)... You can win a beer with this important secret.

TV show "Let's Go F"

i went here a week ago and the variety of fish I saw was way better than this video. Some of them were neon colored. I even saw huge moray eels that I was honestly scared of at first.

not mountainous waterz

@HawaiiJohn

Жыл бұрын

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Maybe Rich needs a fake moustache and a wig.

The sounds are .... irritating

It’s pretty dead and boring compared to many places I’ve been. Not impressed