Channel Surfing in Hawaii
There are nine watery threads running between the Hawaiian Islands. These channels are some of the most revered, most discussed waterways in history–if you’re the sea-faring type. If you’re not, now you know what’s what, and where it is.
‘Au’au Channel–between Lana’i and Maui. It’s the most geographically protected and therefore the calmest of all the channels, but isn’t the deepest. It boasts a long and interesting history with whaling ships, and is now popular “grounds” for whale watching instead. It was also a key, destiny-changing location during the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor during World War II.
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