{"id":3233,"date":"2025-11-19T11:48:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/?p=3233"},"modified":"2026-05-03T20:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T02:03:33","slug":"turtles-in-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/19\/turtles-in-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"Snorkeling\u2013and Napping\u2013with Turtles in Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">We were fortunate to experience sea turtles, on land and under the sea, in both Kauai and Maui. How magical!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Snorkeling\u2013and Napping\u2013with Turtles in Hawaii\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sJSD7Tyt0yE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">On Kauai, we discovered that green sea turtles, called \u201chonu,\u201d nap on the sand on Poipu Beach on the south coast every afternoon. At sunset, scores of them haul themselves up onto the beach to spend the night. We saw at least 40 there, though darkness obscured our view. The area is cordoned off to prevent humans from getting too close, and a couple of naturalists informed us about the turtles, which were once endangered and have been upgraded to \u201cthreatened\u201d status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC08534-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC08534-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC08534-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC08534-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC08534-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC08534-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC08538-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC08538-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC08538-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC08538-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">On Maui, there\u2019s a similar beach on the Road to Hana that also attracts sea turtles napping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">And in West Maui, at Black Rock at the north end of Ka\u2019anapali Beach, you can walk into the water in your snorkel gear and spend an afternoon floating while watching sea turtles eat. We also say spotted rays and a huge variety of other fish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">This video is long. The first five minutes are enough to give you an idea of the experience. But if you really want to immerse yourself in the sea with the turtles, watch the whole thing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Info:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/8540603532438585682#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ka\u2019anapali Beach, Maui<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/8540603532438585682#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Map<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/8540603532438585682#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Poipu Beach, Kauai<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/8540603532438585682#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Map<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were fortunate to experience sea turtles, on land and under the sea, in both Kauai and Maui. How magical! On Kauai, we discovered that green sea turtles, called \u201chonu,\u201d nap on the sand on Poipu Beach on the south coast every afternoon. At sunset, scores of them haul themselves up onto the beach to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/19\/turtles-in-hawaii\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Snorkeling\u2013and Napping\u2013with Turtles in Hawaii&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[804,222,216,356],"tags":[791,792,793,790,27,351,290,12,261,262,789],"class_list":["post-3233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hawaii-united-states","category-lisa-blogger","category-outdoors","category-snorkeling","tag-hawaii","tag-honu","tag-kauai","tag-maui","tag-messysuitcase","tag-seaturtles","tag-snorkeling","tag-travel","tag-travelblog","tag-travelblogger","tag-turtles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3233"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3307,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3233\/revisions\/3307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}