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Kona Honu Divers, Apr, 2007, by Michael Emerson, MN, US ( Contributor 13 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 3275.
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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
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Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	Kona Honu Divers was a first class dive operation with a very nice boat. We dove 6 dives over a week long period. My 14 year old daughter received her advanced certification during the trip and the instruction seemed quite thorough. The boat was beautiful and had great covering for those who wanted to avoid the sun. We got to see schools of spinner dolphins on the way to the dive sites almost every day. The weather was beautiful although an unusual NW (arctic!) wind brought in more surge than would be typical in early April. We stayed in an ocean view condo which held my family of five very comfortably. The condo was Kona Makai on Alii Drive. It was a bit of a drive, especially in traffic, to get to the harbor where the boat was. The manta night dive lived up to its billing even though only one manta showed up for the show. Kloie (they all have names) did a great performance for those gathered and my family who had not seen a manta were amazed by what they saw. On several occasions Kloie brushed right over the top of my children. Puts the whole experience at Stingray City to complete shame. Aquarium was the best dive and we saw some pretty unusual critters including a frogfish and several unusual eels. The real prize, a dragon eel, aluded us on the trip. Have to come back I guess. We also saw a pair of leaf scorpion fish which was not something I was expecting. I will post my pictures on www.flickr/baywood16105 when I get them groomed and ready to put on the site.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Burma, Palau, Solomons, GBR, Fiji, Galapagos, Little Cayman, Belize, Costa Rica
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, choppy, surge, noCurrents
Water Temp	78-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	80-120 Ft/ 24-37 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Maximum depth
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
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
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Compared to other dive destinations in the South Pacific, the subject matter was pretty limited. Did see a couple of nice Nudis, a frogfish, and a manta which was a challenge to photograph

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Dive Review of Kona Honu Divers in Hawaii/Kona

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Dive Review of Kona Honu Divers in
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