Hawaii Lava Flow Boat Trip

Watch as Dr. Joe and Jill brave the waves, sulphuric acid fumes, and video the lava flowing into the ocean from the Kilauea volcano aboard the vessel "Lava Kat" with Captain Shane Turpin and lava photographer Jose Martinez, near Kalapana, Hawaii (wmv 15 MB file). We went on this awesome boat trip to see lava entering the sea on the south shore of the Big Island (Hawaii). Taken on 20 Feb 2007. The boat is the "Lava Kat" and sails from a small beach park near Kalapana, HI. We sailed right within 3 meters of the lava entry zone arising from the Kilauea volcano and the Pu'u'o'o vent. At the end we grabbed a "floater" - a piece of lava with trapped air inside so that it floated. It was broken apart to show us the internal magma and rock samples were taken (but not taken from the island, OK, Madam Pele?). We also caught fish - ono and ahi - which we later grilled on the beach, making this the best geoichthyological expedition that I have ever been on.

Joe Luczkovich
Associate Professor of Biology
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• lava
• magma
• hawaii
• ocean
• entry
• ono
• ahi
• lavakat

[BlueCollarTraveler]

Great video!

This is an awesome trip to take! If you are headed to the Big Island and you like adventure, this trip is for you! I highly recommend it!

[Kauboy1984]

WHAT HAOLE DOING ON ISLAND? KEEP OUT!

[LavaOceanAdventures]

Lavas been Back since March 2008 & we lava couple new boats for your Lava Touring Pleasure. Video video Dr

[brickhouse6]

The natives say NOT to take lava...it angers Pele! Bad luck will befall you...so they say. I put mine down...just in case. :)

[vampiregurlz23]

no shit it ses that in the begininng the title says "Hawaii Lava Boat trip"

[vampiregurlz23]

omfg!! i am in hawaii right now and i went to that just two days ago, well i was in a doorless nhelicopter but there was not much lava, you can walk on top of a semi-active volcanoe, its called "valcanor national park" but there was no lava there!!! (wich is probably good:P)

[mukster42]

As close as you ever want to be to a spewing volcano. This boat trip is in Hawaii.

[LavaOceanAdventures]

glad to see your post this lava flow has now stopped. The flows are now moving toward Kalapana again.