Dive Review of Kona Honu Divers in
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Kona Honu Divers: "Great Dive Operation", Oct, 2021, by MARY FOSTER, CA, US ( Reviewer 3 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 11731.
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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	Great dive operation! Beautiful 46 ft purpose built dive boat with shade, purified water to drink, snacks and a head. Camera table, dedicated camera rinse tank, and general gear dunk tank. Really great dive briefings, with likely critter spottings pointed out in a Hawaiian fish guide photo book. Kevin, one of the dive guides, had an insanely good eye for spotting octopus, cleaner shrimp, morays, frogfish, you name it! I asked for a harlequin shrimp and he found it in a tiny hole that was so out of the line of sight it boggled the mind as to how he ever spotted it! He also pointed out some Bandit Angels that I had never seen before. He knew just where to find them. He was a joy to follow around- you just never knew what he might find next- two leaf scorpionfish hunkered down in a pillar coral, endemic Hawaiian scorpionfish, a nudibranch 1/4 of an inch long! Really cool! Dive operation was very professional. Your first day diving with them you were given an overall boat briefing, which was very thorough. After that you got the individual dive site briefings. Visibility was excellent-80 ft most days. Temp was colder than I expected 76F on most dives. I felt a little chilled in a 3 mil. They use "heavy" aluminum tanks which are 4 pounds negative, so I used less weight than normal.
Websites	Kona Honu Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Tahiti, Fiji, Solomon Is., Palau, Australia, Caymans Honduras, Belize, Catalina Is. CA
Closest Airport	KON	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	76-77°F / 24-25°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Not much- stay in sight of guide, 60-70 minutes dives encouraged
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	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	[None]

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Dive Review of Kona Honu Divers in Hawaii/Kona

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Dive Review of Kona Honu Divers in
Hawaii/Kona