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Jack's Diving Locker: "Good Days at Jack's", Oct, 2015, by Martha & Jeff Hubbard, NY, US ( Top Contributor 33 reports with 18 Helpful votes). Report 8650 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Day diving, best suited to divers with some day boat experience. Relatively crowded boats, but really good organization makes it all go smoothly. And individual attention - no "one size better fit all." For example, we told the staff we'd like to set up/change our own gear. Everyone remembered and made it easy; no grumbling. We did a day of two tank dive, a day of "long distance" two tanks, and a dusk + night two tank dive intended to attract manta(s) at night. Hawaiian undersea topography is mainly rocks, not the corals of tropical Pacific. Off Kona, the bottom is mainly black sand. The water was warm, 81, one degree cooler than it was in Palau the week before. This is warm for Hawaii, and we saw plenty of bleached coral from the heat. Also a 7 foot tiger shark, come north seeking cooler water. Not a lot of big fish, but the variety of triggerfish, butterflies & surgeons is amazing. The night dive brought in a single manta, probably worth the wait, but surge on the bottom in 50 feet made staying in place difficult. Crew, aboard and in shops, are experienced, knowledgeable and pleasant. All the boats have hot showers & marine heads; the 2 we saw had good sun cover. We dove nitrox but there's really no need. We rented a nice house, but plenty of hotels of all grades. Tourist-friendly destination - we'll go back, and Jack's is a high point.
Websites	Jack's Diving Locker
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Bahamas, Fernando de Noronha, Auatralia, Fiji, PNG, Micronesia
Closest Airport	KOA	Getting There	Easy from HNL, few from mainland
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy, surge
Water Temp	81-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	0-50 Ft/ 0-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	Guided dives which was fine with us, never in Kona before. Back with 500 psi. You couldn't get into deco if you wanted to.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
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Dive Review of Jack's Diving Locker in Hawaii/Big Island

Jack's Diving Locker: "Good Days at Jack's", Oct, 2015,

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Dive Review of Jack's Diving Locker in
Hawaii/Big Island