Sea Turtle Research Program (STRP), Marine Biology, SCUBA
HPA JOINS UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII HILO AT PUNALU’U At 0600 hours on Friday, 3/31, 5 HPA students, Laura Jim and Marc Rice began a 2.5 hour drive to the south shore of Hawaii Island and Punalu’u Beach Park. There we joined the University of Hawaii Hilo’s Marine Option Program students for the annual turtle tagging …
Spring break-diving in Savusavu Laura Jim (HPA Director of SCUBA and Co-Director of the HPA Sea Turtle Research Program) is currently in Savusavu, Fiji doing some SCUBA diving. Besides having fun, she is “scoping out” diving opportunities for possible spring break diving with HPA students in coming years. Below are some underwater images that she …
HPA STUDENTS perform scuba cleanup at Kawaihae On Saturday, 2/25/2023, 5 HPA students, Laura Jim, Marc Rice and David Giff spent the morning scuba diving off of the outer breakwater at Kawaihae Harbor (also know as the Kawaihae Surf Park). The team divided into two teams and scoured the bottom for marine debris. They covered …
HPA’s 4th Grade visits Malama na Honu Program On Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, HPA’s 4th grade class visited the Mauna Lani Auberge Resort’s fish ponds and the Malama na Honu project to help weigh and measure the captive reared honu on the monthly check-up. he class arrived around 1000 h, gathered on the lawn near …