Underwater Photo Location: Sharks Cove, Oahu Hawaii.

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One of the best shore dives on Oahu. Sharks cove is located on the north shore of Oahu. Diving is limited to summer months when the 30 foot surf is on holiday. Get there early as parking fills up fast. There are lots of dives to do there. All are fun and range from 20-60 FSW. Vis is usually 50-75 feet. Be prepared to do a little climbing down to get the the entry points. After you've seen turtles, angel, scorpion & butterfly fish, sharks & eels, shrimp, all kinds of nudibraches and the occational eagle ray, you can bask in the Hawaiian sun to get warm and enjoy the rest of your day. Stop by Matzumoto's on the way home for theee best SHAVE ICE.

Aloha, Stu

Facts about Sharks Cove, Oahu Hawaii.

It is in United States
Sharks Cove, Oahu Hawaii. is in the Pacific.
The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.

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Marine Life

by Stuart Ganz
Gold lace nudibranch. Taken @ Sharks Cove, Oahu Hawaii with Canon 20D 60mm macro F4 1/60s ISO 200.

by Stuart Ganz
Golden Green Goby, endemic to Hawaii.

by Stuart Ganz
Fuchsia Flat worm, one of the most colorful creatures on the Hawaiian reef. Taken @ Sharks cove with 60mm macro, F4 1/60s ISO 200.

by Stuart Ganz
Arc-eye Hawk fish, These guys will pose for you all day. I wish they'd smile a little....

by Stuart Ganz
Clumpy Nudibranch, Photo taken in Sharks Cove on Oahu's North shore in about 10 FSW. 60MM Macro @ F6.3 1/250 ISO200.

by Stuart Ganz
Shrimp with a belly load of eggs.

by Stuart Ganz
Red Spotted Nudibranch, Taken @ Sharks Cove, Oahu. I used my 60mm macro, F4.0, 1/60s ISO200.

by Stuart Ganz
Crowned Toby, Taken at Sharks Cove on Oahu's north shore. I used my Canon 20D W/60mm macro ISO/200 F/5.6 1/60s.

by Stuart Ganz
Varicose Phyllidia laying her eggs. Photo taken with Canon 20D, 60 MM macro @ F/4, 1/60's, ISO/200.

by Stuart Ganz
Mushroom Coral. I found these two lieing togeather with there tentacles slightly extended.

by Stuart Ganz
Spanish Dancer doing her thing...

by Stuart Ganz
Protopalythoa, photographed at Sharks Cove on Oahu with my Canon 20D w/60MM macro @ 1/60's F/4 ISO/200.

by Stuart Ganz
Two Gold Lace Nudibranches thinking about starting a family.

by Stuart Ganz
"Yellow Chub" In old Hawaii it was regarded as the Queen of the school. This shot was taken in Sharks Cove with my Canon 20D W/ 60mm macro @ F/5 1/125s ISO200.

by Stuart Ganz
Moray eel, taken w / 60mm macro

by Stuart Ganz
Rice Coral formation, you can almost see a hieroglyphic reindeer in there...

by Stuart Ganz
Zoanthus

by Stuart Ganz
7-11 Crab. Photograph taken with Canon 20D W/60mm macro lens.

by Stuart Ganz
Bluefin Trevally swimming with the Goatfish.

by Stuart Ganz
I took this picture of Drew swimming upside down on the bottom while I was snorkeling at the surface. The water was about 20' deep and I was using my 60 MM macro lens. I edited it in PSE 7.0 and cropped the picture a tiny bit.

by Stuart Ganz
Crowned Toby - Photograph taken with Canon 20D, 60 MM macro 100 ISO, F 5.6. 1/80s.

by Stuart Ganz
Night School

by Stuart Ganz
Needle Urchin - F4 1/60 ISO200 60MM macro lens.

by Stuart Ganz
School of Convict Tangs.

by Stuart Ganz
Open water class @ Sharks Cove, Oahu's North Shore.

by Stuart Ganz
Green sea turtle seconds before taking a breath.

by Stuart Ganz
Green Sea Turtle

by Stuart Ganz
Moray eel.

by Stuart Ganz
Turtle heading for the surface.

by Stuart Ganz
A couple of Hawaiian squid swimming around in "Sharks Cove".

by Stuart Ganz
A Parot fish "Uhu" sampling the algee in Sharks Cove. Yum...

by Stuart Ganz
Golden Green Goby

by Stuart Ganz
Juvenile Peacock Razor fish. Barely 20 grains of sand long.

by Tom Robinson
This picture was taken with a Sealife DC1000 on August 8, 2010 at sharks cove on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii. The picture is a of a moorish idol and it is zoomed. I tried to get closer, but the fish swam under the reef.