We will be discontinuing the option of Snorkeling on our tours.
This is due to the recent laws that were passed by the Honolulu City Council 
that banned tour companies from stopping at the beaches on the North Shore 
and the Windward side of Oahu.  
This has made practically every beach where we used to take our tours snorkeling 
as being off limits to tour companies, in most cases we are not even allowed to stop 
at these beaches anymore due to the new laws.  
This includes Shark's Cove, Three Tables, Hale'iwa, Pua'ena Point, etc. on the North Shore.  
These places are not suitable for snorkeling in the Winter anyway due to the large waves, 
so what I used to do in the Winter was to snorkel with turtles at Kaiona Beach in Waimanalo 
which is nice and calm in the Winter, but all of the beaches in Waimanalo and Kailua 
are off limits to tour companies as well.  
Hanauma Bay is also off limits to tour companies, 
unless you have the Snorkel/Scuba Instructor permit which they only give to 1 or 2 companies.  
The only places left to snorkel would be Electric Beach, which is not good for beginners, 
there is a shore-break that you have to get through, and there can be a strong current 
once you get outside, and it is affected by both North and South Swells.  
Turtle Bay, at the cove that is on the right side of the hotel is another spot where we could snorkel at, 
but it can be dangerous in the Winter.  There is a current that runs across the cove 
that sweeps people out into the ocean.  I was there one day when a woman got swept out and died.
That leaves just Waikiki, at places like behind the Hale Koa hotel, 
and other places where the water is murky with sand etc. on most days.
Therefore, we will be removing the snorkeling equipment, fins and masks from our tour vans.
We may leave the boogieboards in the vans for people to use a flotation device if we happen to stop 
at a beach where they are allowed to wade into the water, like at Kawela Bay.
We are sad about this situation, but these new laws affect All tour companies, and commercial activities.