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Midway
Atoll 
National
Wildlife Refuge
MIDWAY
DIVE SITES PAGE
MIDWAY
WRECKS
AIRCRAFT
AT MIDWAY
| Over 1100 miles northwest of Honolulu, Midway Atoll is paradise
for animal watching, diving, and relaxing on one of the world's
most beautiful beaches. The only inhabited island is Sand Island with an area of 2
square miles. A handful residents share the island with nearly one million
Albatrosses or "Goonie Birds" and a variety of other seabirds and winter
migrants. The clear offshore waters are loaded with big, rare, and endemic fishes,
Galapagos Sharks, Spinner Dolphins, Green Sea Turtles, and endangered Hawaiian Monk Seals. |
| Formerly a naval air facility, the US Fish & Wildlife
Service administers the atoll. The island's 7000 foot runway continues to be used by many
types of aircraft as an
emergency landing site and scheduled refueling stop. Visitors are allowed
to visit the islands today with special permission only if they have an airplane
and food for the duration of the stay. |
| MIDWAY LINKS |
| www.midway-island.com |
Blackfoot Albatross
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Safe road without cars
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Laysan Albatrosses sky-pointing
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Wreck
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Hawaiian Monk Seal
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Mother & chick
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Tiger shark attacking young albatross
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Shorttail, Blackfoot, and Laysan Albatross
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East Lagoon
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USS Macaw, 30 feet
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| From 1998-2001 an eco-tour operation allowed 100 guests
a week to visit and enjoy the islands' natural and historic sights. I was
fortunate enough to run the scuba diving operation for two years and meet lots
of enthusiastic, well-traveled divers from around the world. |
East Lagoon
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East Lagoon
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East Lagoon
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East Lagoon
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Corsair Wreck, 105 feet
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Spinner Dolphins in Lagoon
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Female Crosshatch Triggerfish
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Male Crosshatch Triggerfish
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Female Masked Angelfish
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Male Masked Angelfish
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Juvenile Japanese Angelfish
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Male Japanese Angelfish |
Galapagos Shark
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Giant Trevally
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Yellowbarbel Goatfish |
Whitesaddle Goatfish
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Hawaiian Grouper
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Yuko & Hawaiian Grouper
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Juvenile Barred Knifejaw
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Barred Knifejaw |
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Juvenile Spotted Knifejaw |
Spotted Knifejaw
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Girella leonina
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Yellow Pacific Chub |
Myripristis murdjan
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Whitetip Soldierfish |
Whitescale Squirrelfish
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Yellowfin Soldierfish
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Hawaiian Morwong
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Boarfish
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Female Psychedelic Wrasse |
Male Psychedelic Wrasse
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Female Hawaiian Hogfish |
Male Hawaiian Hogfish
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Female Flame Wrasse |
Male Flame Wrasse
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Female Lined Coris
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Male Lined Coris |
Female Yellowstripe Coris |
Male Yellowstripe Coris
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Sunrise Wrasse
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Slingjaw Wrasse |
Female Thompson's Anthias
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Male Thompson's Anthias |
Female Longfin Hawaiian Anthias |
Male Longfin Hawaiian Anthias
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Female Regal Parrotfish |
Male Regal Parrotfish
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Female Spectacled Parrotfish
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Male Spectacled Parrotfish |
Female Yellowbar Parrotfish
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Male Yellowbar Parrotfish |
Oddeye Rhinopias
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Titan Scorpionfish |
Hawaiian Turkeyfish |
Hawaiian Lionfish
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Spotcheek Scorpionfish
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Spotted Cardinalfish |
Whitemargined Moray
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Steindachner's Moray |
Dragon Moray
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Physiculus grinnelli |
Midway Atoll NWR
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