Dive Review of Kona Honu Divers/Hale Kona Kai in
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Kona Honu Divers/Hale Kona Kai, Jul, 2006, by Craig Grube, VA, US ( Sr. Contributor 21 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 2597.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Kona Honu Divers has a large boat that handles divers and snorkelers for the manta night dive. The boat is comfortable and has all the safety equipment. The dive guides give an excellent briefing. The two tank dive starts with a late afternoon dive in garden eel cove. The is a nice reef with good coral and lots of creatures including numerous eels such as whitemouth, undulated, and pygmy. We saw a titan scorpionfish, huge lizardfish, and many usual reef fish. We also saw manta's cruising the area before the night dive. The night manta dive is awesome with divers on the bottom shining lights skyward and snorkelers on top shining down creating a cylinder of light. The manta's come in to feed on the plankton and we saw on 3 separate outings 9, 6, and 4 mantas. It is truely an inspiring dive as they swim around feeding in the area for most of the dive. We even had manta's greet us during the stride off the boat. Kona Honu is a class operation that brings your tanks to you at the stern of the boat and then helps you back to your seat when you are done. They clean all the gear, including the wetsuits. They serve giant coldcut subs, chips, and soda for dinner between the dives. Given the size of the groups they take out, they need to buy a few more lights.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	Maui, Keys, Turks & Caicos, Tahiti, Nassau, Jamaica
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, noCurrents
Water Temp	77-80°F / 25-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	70-90 Ft/ 21-27 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	Stay within range of dive guide.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	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
UW Photo Comments	Dedicated rinse tank for cameras only.

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Dive Review of Kona Honu Divers/Hale Kona Kai in
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