The Captain Cook ... memorialize where Cook died. He was killed in 1779 after a fight broke out between the Hawaiians and Westerners. The monument stands on the shore of Kealakekua Bay.

The island’s largest bay is part of Kealakekua Bay State Historical ... Most arrive by boat to snorkel and view the Captain Cook monument, a white obelisk constructed in 1874 near the spot ...

History junkies make the trek to Kealakekua for a different ... and scuba dives to behold the large white Captain Cook Monument that sits across the bay. There's also a traditional religious ...