Scuba Diver Ocean Planet Issue 2/2016 | Page 68

BIG ANIMALS AND LITTTLE CRITTERS USA Kona, Hawaii By JOSEPH TEPPER Kona is far from the postcard image of Hawaii you might have in mind. Yes, there are beautiful beaches and lots of tropical adult beverages to be had. But the landscape is far more rugged and raw than the rest of the Hawaiian Islands. After all, the “Big Island” is just an infant by geological standards – still growing and changing at 700,000 years. Underwater, this r ՝