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Sandwich Isle WatersA photographic record of the Kona coast, from the reef to the open blue
A manta ray gliding over a shallow lava reef off the Kona coast at first light, clean blue water above black rock and coral heads, a column of sunlight falling through the frame, wide underwater view with open water to the right
Opening view of the hanging · Photographs are generated views made for each print and captioned as such.

Now hanging

Sandwich Isle Waters

A photographic record of the Kona coast, from the reef to the open blue

08prints on the wall, the latest hung on 20/09/2026

A diver's hand at forty feet on a Kona reef, fingers grey in ambient light, with a yellow tang passing behind, shot from a low angle in morning sun.

Latest printKona Reef Photography in Natural Light

Main wall

Recently hung

8 prints hung between 12/09/2026 and 20/09/2026

A closer look

A small white dive boat tied to a mooring buoy on flat turquoise water, stern ladder down, two divers in black wetsuits sitting on the transom, late morning light, shot from water level about ten meters off the bow.
Detail cropped from the same print: A small white dive boat tied to a mooring buoy on flat turquoise water, stern ladder down, two divers in black wetsuits sitting on the transom, late morning light, shot from water level about ten meters off the bow.
Inv. DS-002 The whole print and a detail cropped from the same print: Anchoring a Six-Passenger Boat on a Reef.

Room sheet

Every print on this wall answers one question about the water off the Kona coast: how a frogfish hides in plain sight, what a two tank morning dive looks like from a six passenger boat, how a diver holds a stop at fifteen feet in a swell, which animals arrive with the humpbacks and which stay all year. Each print is hung with its number, its room and the date it went up, and it is checked against the sources named at its foot. The wall is built for divers planning a first trip to the Big Island and for the ones who already know the coast.

Room 01

Sea life

The animals of the Kona reef, from the frogfish and leaf scorpionfish that sit still to the manta rays and green sea turtles that pass overhead.

2 pieces · last hung on 17/09/2026

Season: all year

Also on the main wall.

Every print of the reef animals

Room 02

Dive sites

The stretches of the Kona coast a small boat can reach: lava fingers, sand channels, pinnacles and the shelters that work when the swell is up.

2 pieces · last hung on 19/09/2026

Season: all year

Also on the main wall.

Every print of the coast

Room 03

Skills and training

Buoyancy, breathing, navigation, night diving and the small habits that keep a diver calm on the second dive of the day.

2 pieces · last hung on 20/09/2026

Season: all year

Also on the main wall.

Every print on technique

Room 04

Seasons and conditions

Water temperature, swell, visibility, humpback season and the spawning nights that fill the reef with fish.

2 pieces · last hung on 18/09/2026

Season: Nov to Apr

Also on the main wall.

Every print on the seasons

Elsewhere

Beyond this wall

Pages kept by other hands that answer a question this wall only touches. Each one was read before it was hung here.

  1. 01For a diver weighing cloth against cut, the fieldbook at sailmakers and sail lofts works through Dacron weights, woven versus laminated polyester, crosscut against radial, and mainsail against genoa, matched to the program a boat actually sails.

  2. 02For a diver weighing a first trip abroad against the logistics of a liveaboard week, the fieldbook at planning a first trip abroad works through practical tips, air travel notes, and country pages from Albania to Spain.

  3. 03For the diver who reads water before weather, the field notes at a coastal village reached by boat cover Kachemak Bay tides, the Danny J crossing from Homer, salmon and halibut seasons, and what lives beneath the surface.