I was told that you want to get there early because they only allow a certain amount of people in the bay at a time. We got there a little before 7:00 and found out that if you enter the bay before 7:00, you don't have to pay the entrance fee. The Airbnb we stayed at also supplied snorkels, so we were really glad we saved $40 a person by not having to rent the equipment.
When we got into the bay, I was excited to learn that the bay had a perfect view of the sun rising! There were some clouds, but not as many as our first attempt at a sunrise, and it wasn't raining and cold! We found a bench and cuddled up to watch the sunrise in Hawaii at Hanauma Bay.
We were now ready to conquer the bay! We put our snorkels on, grabbed our GoPro, and brought our fins in hand and went out into the waves. It took some shuffling, falling and jumping about to get into the ocean after we put our fins on. We learned the hard way, that its better to get in, then put your fins on and walk out backwards into the ocean.
We then spent the next 2-3 hours exploring the beautiful fish and coral of Hanauma Bay. This was, by far, the coolest thing we did in Hawaii! We found a spot that they called the "keyhole" where fish were aplenty!
There were "big fish, small fish, one fish, two fish"!
The waves and the current were not bad at all, it was kind of neat being gently swaying with the fish and the ocean as one.
This experience ranks up as one of my top 10! We both agreed that this was the highlight of our trip!
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