Dive Review of Kaimana Divers in
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Kaimana Divers, May, 2014, by Michael Kay, CA, US ( Sr. Reviewer 11 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 7592.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Comments	I found Kaimana customer-service oriented. From the beginning making reservations, owner Gabe was very accommodating, from making arrangements to pick-up and drop-off at our hotels. They kept our gear between dives. Except for one dive, where the DM grabbed an octopus, causing it to squirt all its ink, and held it (even passed it around for other divers to hold) the DMs were generally respectful of the sea life and very helpful in pointing out critters. 4 of the 5 days were from the boat slip on Sand Island for South Shore dives. The boat was pretty basic with no cover. The diving options are pretty limited on the South Shore. In just 8 dives we revisited one of the dive sites. The YO is a purpose sunk tanker, max depth 87' with lots of coral, visited by white tips, green turtles, spotted eagle ray. 100' Hole (88' max) is a lava outcrop covered in coral; turtles present; Ewa Pinnacles, 84', had turtles, eels, pennant fish,, long nose puffers. Magic Mushroom, 79', colorful slugs, nudis, eels. Sea Tiger, is a wreck in 120' of water, but you see everything in 100'. Frog fish, trumpet fish, more turtles. Mario's, 48', is a shallow field of rocks, not much in the way of fish, but some slugs, a flounder, and a spaghetti worm. The San Pedro is another artificial reef, 90', with several turtles, a spotted eagle ray, blue dragon nudis, but the best part was hearing whales, a surprise this late in the season. LCM, 64', is an unidentified WW2 landing craft, with shark, rare pipefish, puffers, and eels. We dove 1 day from Waianae on the Leeward side. This was a chartered boat, larger, with cover and a head. Dove the Mahi, another purpose-sunk wreck at 91' max. Eels, spotted eagle rays. Makaha caverns, 52' is a shallow wall dive with some interesting swim-thrus. Turtles, trumpet fish and pennant fish. All in all they're a good operation (with the exception of the fish-mauling DM) but I don't think Oahu (at least the sites I saw) offer as much interest, either for the coral or fish, as the Big Island, or Kauai. Still, if you're only going to be on Oahu, I'd recommend them for their customer service and generally excellent crew.
Websites	Kaimana Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Virgin Islands, GBR, Indonesia, Thailand, Florida
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	76-77°F / 24-25°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	- Ft/ - M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Able to dive own profile 8 of 10 dives. Others DM had us ascend when the first diver went up.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters	N/A	Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Kaimana Divers in Hawaii/Oahu

Kaimana Divers, May, 2014,

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Dive Review of Kaimana Divers in
Hawaii/Oahu