Open Ocean
The waters off the Kona coast offer some of the best sport fishing available. And where there’s fish, there’s seabirds. Chartering a boat from Honokōhau Harbor is a good way to view these acrobats of the sky and sea up close. And you might catch a fish while you’re at it!
Open Ocean
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Important Info:
There are multiple charter boats available from nearby Honokōhau Harbor.
Birds
| American Birding Association Common Name | Hawaiian Name | Scientific Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian petrel | ʻuaʻu | Pterodroma sandwichensis | |
| Bulwer’s petrel | ʻou | Bulweria bulwerii | |
| wedge-tailed shearwater | ʻuaʻu kani | Ardenna pacifica | |
| sooty shearwater | Ardenna grisea | ||
| Newell’s shearwater | ʻaʻo | Puffinus newelli | |
| Leach’s storm-petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | ||
| band-rumped storm-petrel | ʻakeʻake | Oceanodroma castro | |
| white-tailed tropicbird | koaʻe kea | Phaethon lepturus | |
| red-tailed tropicbird | koaʻe ʻula | Phaethon rubricauda | |
| great frigatebird | ʻiwa | Fregata minor | |
| masked booby | ʻā | Sula dactylatra | |
| brown booby | ʻā | Sula leucogaster | |
| red-footed booby | ʻā | Sula sula | |
| black noddy | noio | Anous minutus | |
| sooty tern | ʻewaʻewa | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| least tern | Sternula antillarum |