Dive Review of Blue Wilderness /Hualai home in
Hawaii/Hawaii Puako area

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Blue Wilderness /Hualai home: "A little crowded but nice diving", Oct, 2017, by Frank G Postillion, AZ, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 9883.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	The diving was an inflatable boat launched at the Puako boat ramp. We handed them or equipment and they put the equipment to together on the tanks very smooth. But check your equipment to make sure your weights and everything are OK. We thought it was a smooth operation. However, I really think were too many people for the diving. We had 11 and then the captain and to dive masters. Comfort level is better with about 8 divers. Equipment was put in the water and we got her equipment on out there which was fine and it wasn't too bad, a little on the chaotic side for a while. However the dives made up for it or dive master was very attentive and he waited for all of us. The second dive was awesome. A monk seal greeted us at about 10 feet and let us video him. We then proceeded to see several white tip sharks, some turtle cleaning stations in the turtles were amazingly calmly posed for us. We also saw several white tip sharks it in the cave pass-throughs and all in all just a whole variety of critters. The garden eels and cleaner shrimp were nice additions. This part of Hawaii was very amazing in reef structure and caves. However I did notice that the coral appears to be dying. I'm not sure what the issue is but it appears to be a lot in many areas on the island of Hawaii. The homemade cookies between dives were excellent and that may even be a reason to died with them. But seriously, they were overall a pretty decent operation I think they should limit the number of Divers to eight or nine because of the inflatable boat and size. So if you go there you might want to check on how many diver there are. A nice addition was the crew washing our BCDs and regulators after the boat was brought up.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Hawaii, Cabo Pulmo, San Carlos, Puerto Penasco, Belize, Bonaire, Curacao, Aruba, BVI, St. Croix, St. John St. Thomas, Cozumel, Akumal, Florida springs and Atlantic coast,
Closest Airport	Kailua-Kona	Getting There	Any major carrier
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	81-°F / 27-°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-60 Ft/ 12-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Do safety stop at 500 psi
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Fresh water rinse tank was good and the captain usually handed me my cameras

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Dive Review of Blue Wilderness /Hualai home in Hawaii/Hawaii Puako area

Blue Wilderness /Hualai home: "A little crowded but nice diving", Oct, 2017,

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Dive Review of Blue Wilderness /Hualai home in
Hawaii/Hawaii Puako area