Scubadiving Kauai

Scubadiving Kauai

Kauai - "The Garden Island"

Kaua'i, nicknamed "The Garden Island" - is the oldest of the inhabited Hawaiian Islands, as well as the greenest and the wettest. This is also the site of the first recorded contact between Westerners and the native inhabitants of Hawai'i, when Captain James Cook first arrived in Waimea Bay in 1778.

Kaua'i is the least populated of the state's four counties, with roughly 56,000 permanent residents. Development is limited and tourism is concentrated in a few locations. Two of Kaua'i's most famous attractions are Waimea Canyon (a 3,000-foot-deep gorge dubbed the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific") and Wai'ale'ale (a 5,000-foot-high mountain considered to be the wettest spot on earth, with 485 inches of annual rainfall). The average temperature at Lihu'e Airport ranges from 70 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit year-round.

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