The Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve is no more. Welcome to the Hanauma Bay Exotic Animal Park.
Hanauma Bay I volunteered at the Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve this morning, so my claim that the Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve is no more may come as a surprise. Let me give you my reasoning. First, there are a number of histories of Hanauma Bay that are relevant here: 1. Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program, Hanauma Bay Study Site . 2. City and County of Honolulu, Hanauma Bay History (I think much of this came from one of John Hoover's books). There is a visual timeline associated with this website. 3. Wikipedia, Hanauma Bay . It is my understandi ng that, "Today the City and County of Honolulu administers that part of Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve lying above the high tide line, and the State of Hawai'i Dept. of Land and Natural Resources manages the underwater portion" ( City and County of Honolulu ). That underwater portion and the portion below the high tide line? That is the Hanauma Bay Marine Life Conservation District , ...