Kahalu'l Beach Park is just a few km south of Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii.  A great snorkel spot.

Beautiful footage.   

Absolutely amazing views.    Easy to see why that would be a favorite spot for divers or snorkelers.  

DAFlys Posted at 11-19 06:25
Beautiful footage.

Thanks very much, Captain DAFlys.

DowntownRDB Posted at 11-19 08:04
Absolutely amazing views.    Easy to see why that would be a favorite spot for divers or snorkelers.

Thanks very much, Captain Downtown RDB.

Beautiful underwater shots. The clarity of the water is just amazing.  What archaelogical period are those ruins?

Hummingbird.UAV Posted at 11-19 08:55
Thanks very much, Captain Downtown RDB.

My pleasure.  Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.

Blériot53 Posted at 11-19 09:04
Beautiful underwater shots. The clarity of the water is just amazing.  What archaelogical period are those ruins?

Thanks very much, Captain Bleriot53.  The site is from the time of King Kamehameha who ruled in the 1800s. I'm sure it comes from a time earlier than that but there is no written Hawaiian history from the time before Captain Cook discovered the islands.

Hummingbird.UAV Posted at 11-19 10:38
Thanks very much, Captain Bleriot53.  The site is from the time of King Kamehameha who ruled in the 1800s. I'm sure it comes from a time earlier than that but there is no written Hawaiian history from the time before Captain Cook discovered the islands.

Thanks for the background information

Hummingbird.UAV Posted at 11-19 08:55
Thanks very much, Captain DAFlys.

You're very welcome.

Amazing looking place

Nice work. What camera did you use for the underwater shots?

Montfrooij Posted at 12-30 08:47
Nice work. What camera did you use for the underwater shots?

Thanks very much, Captain Montfrooij.  For the underwater shots, I used a GoPro mounted inside a Telesin dome.  I found that without the dome the area away from the direct center looked radially smeared and had chromatic aberrations.

Hummingbird.UAV Posted at 12-30 12:53
Thanks very much, Captain Montfrooij.  For the underwater shots, I used a GoPro mounted inside a Telesin dome.  I found that without the dome the area away from the direct center looked radially smeared and had chromatic aberrations.

Oh wow, sounds kinda counter productive to add more glass.

Montfrooij Posted at 2023-12-30 12:58
Oh wow, sounds kinda counter productive to add more glass.

This is what I used.

Hummingbird.UAV Posted at 1-4 21:38
This is what I used.
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I'm curious how that helps the image quality.