Hilton Lagoon - Waikoloa

Site details

Entry

Beach/Shore

Depth

0–3 m (0–10 ft)

Environment

Ocean/Sea

Entry effort

Easy (5 of 5)

Coordinates

19.92732, -155.88663

Site briefing

Ok, so this isn't a dive site - it's a snorkel spot. But hear me out - while it's filled with kids and beach goers on private property (you can get a day pass) I'll bet that 99.9% of the people there in the water have no idea what's in there with them.

Entry and route

Get a pass to the pool, and get in the water with your snorkel.

Tides and currents

• Nearest NOAA tide station: Kawaihae (1617433)
• Nearest NOAA current station: Kawaihae Entrance (HAI1128)

MyDivingSites forecasts tide, current, swell, and weather for Hilton Lagoon - Waikoloa hour by hour.

Dive reports from Hilton Lagoon - Waikoloa

1 logged dive, average rating 3.0 out of 5, average visibility 2.0 m (7 ft).

• Nov 30, 2025 · Joe · visibility 2 m (7 ft) — On travel day, we hit this up because we had access to it for free via the place we were staying (not at the hotel). While the species counts for each thing we saw were low, the variety was kinda cool. Lagoon is open to the ocean, and the tides / swell directly affect it. Seen: Humuhumunukunukuapua'a (Reef Triggerfish), Yellow Tang, Saddle Wrasse, Moorish Idol, Achilles Tang, Green Sea Turtle (Honu), Whitemouth Moray Eel, Redlip Parrotfish (Ember Parrotfish), Hawaiian Bigeye.

Marine life seen here

• Achilles Tang (Acanthurus achilles) — seen on 1 dive
• Green Sea Turtle (Honu) (Chelonia mydas) — seen on 1 dive
• Hawaiian Bigeye (Priacanthus meeki) — seen on 1 dive
• Humuhumunukunukuapua'a (Reef Triggerfish) (Rhinecanthus rectangulus) — seen on 1 dive
• Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus) — seen on 1 dive
• Redlip Parrotfish (Ember Parrotfish) (Scarus rubroviolaceus) — seen on 1 dive
• Saddle Wrasse (Thalassoma duperrey) — seen on 1 dive
• Whitemouth Moray Eel (Gymnothorax meleagris) — seen on 1 dive
• Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) — seen on 1 dive