A Haiku & The Big Jumping Rock at Waimea Bay- North Shore of Oahu

Blue ocean and skies

So inviting that's true

But leap off the rock?

       --A Haiku by Sally

During the winter months at Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Oahu, there can be winter surf swells up to 30 feet and during the summer it is most likely to be calm and serene (as in the picture above) and great for swimming, scuba diving and snorkeling while looking at all the diversity in these waters! 

The "Big Rock"  at Waimea Bay  has a bunch of people on the top of it who climbed from oceans edge. Yes....I have had the pleasure as a teenager (hmmm...about 35 years ago lol!) to do the same. Leap, dive and as a young kid thinking I was invincible. Would I leap off it today?  I think not.

Waimea Bay is one of the locations for the television series "LOST" and it is also the location for THE QUIKSILVER BIG WAVE INVITATIONAL IN MEMORY OF EDDIE AIKAU    and who I wrote about in The Voyages of the Hawaiian "Hōkūle'a": A Tribute to Eddie Akau (tells his about his tragedy)  The last surfing contest ended on February 29, 2008.

How about you?  Would you jump? Leap? Dive?

More on the history of Waimea Bay here: 

• Waimea Valley: History Uncovered, Preserved and Protected
• HAWAIIAN LEGENDS: Kaena Point, Waimea Valley, and Two Heiau's