Spitting Cave

★★★★☆ (392)

Spitting Cave is one of Oahu’s more exciting, deeper dives and is accessed via boat only. This dive is for more advanced divers as it starts around 50 feet and drops down to 140 feet with natural caves carved out in the lava rocks. The current is also fairly strong here so it is considered a drift dive.

This is a great location to see the endangered Hawaiian Monk Seals that live in this area. You may also see a tiger shark, Galapagos shark, or white tip reef sharks.

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

Green Turtle

87 Sightings
J
18
F
8
M
9
A
6
M
4
J
1
J
5
A
3
S
2
O
6
N
15
D
10

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 200

Moray Eel

29 Sightings
J
4
F
4
M
5
A
2
M
1
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
4
N
4
D
5

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 25

Eagle Ray

11 Sightings
J
8
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
1
J
2
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0

Whitetip Reef Shark

25 Sightings
J
4
F
5
M
3
A
5
M
0
J
1
J
0
A
2
S
0
O
0
N
5
D
0

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 19

Seal

14 Sightings
J
5
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
1
J
1
J
0
A
1
S
0
O
1
N
3
D
2

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 40

Triggerfish

11 Sightings
J
0
F
3
M
0
A
2
M
1
J
0
J
0
A
1
S
0
O
2
N
0
D
2

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 130

Butterfly Fish

8 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
2
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
1
S
0
O
1
N
0
D
4

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 3

Trumpetfish

7 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
1
J
0
J
1
A
0
S
0
O
3
N
0
D
2

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