Dive Review of Kona Diving Company/Royal Kona Resort in
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Kona Diving Company/Royal Kona Resort: "OK Resort, and More Good Diving, with a Bonus", Oct, 2017, by Ron Jyring, ND, US ( Sr. Reviewer 10 reports with 5 Helpful votes). Report 10055 has 2 Helpful votes.
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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
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Value for $$
Beginners
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Comments	First, the Royal Kona Resort. We stayed there (for a third time) because it was the site of our conference. There was nothing really wrong with it, just a little old and tired. The rooms were adequate, and I'm pretty sure you could see the ocean from any room. It is in easy walking distance to the main part of the town. We will probably stay there again for this conference. If I were vacationing, I would look somewhere else (but would stay if the price was right). Second, Kona Diving Co. This is also our third time diving with them. They do a nice job. Their boat is comfortable and the crew are always more than competent. The various DMs are very good at locating the many endemic fish and invertebrates. Our main reason for diving was the Manta Ray Dive. This year it was a 2 tank dive. The first was in the afternoon, with the second scheduled after sundown. MANY boats with both divers and snorkelers show up. This is not a bad thing! The more people, the more lights, the more plankton, the more mantas. However, there were several mantas already on the FIRST dive. During that first, daytime, safety stop, my wife started wildly gesturing towards the surface. Yet another manta?, was my already jaded thought. I looked up, and there was the Bonus: Bonus: I looked up and swimming towards me was a monk seal! She wrapped her flipper around the mooring line and scooted down to see me! I could have almost touched her face. Best safety stop ever. Don't know how KDC will top that one! Still I am looking forward the next time. I highly recommend them, even without the monk seal.
Websites	Kona Diving Company
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	ND, FL Keys, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Cozumel, Akumal, Puerto Aventuras, Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Big Island
Closest Airport	KOA	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy, dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	84-°F / 29-°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	75- Ft/ 23- M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	They wanted to know when your tank was half empty, and then 800 psi.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	With all the endemic species, there are a lot of opportunities for great subjects. The boat had a tub for camera equipment. It was more than adequate for my GoPro. I might have been concerned if I had a $5000 set-up.

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Dive Review of Kona Diving Company/Royal Kona Resort in Hawaii/Kailua-Kona

Kona Diving Company/Royal Kona Resort: "OK Resort, and More Good Diving, with a Bonus", Oct, 2017,

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Dive Review of Kona Diving Company/Royal Kona Resort in
Hawaii/Kailua-Kona