Dive Review of Kona Honu in
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Kona Honu, Jul, 2005, by Craig Grube, VA, Us ( Sr. Contributor 21 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 1810.
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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 has a 46' boat. They carry your tank to the edge of boat and suit you up. The night manta dives were great. Accomodate the snorkelers of your family as well as divers. It was so great the first time, a 35 minute show by one 14' manta, that we signed up to do it 2 nites later. The second time we were treated to 2 mantas for about 30 minutes. Mantas come within a foot of you. The pre-Manta dive is a nice reef with lots of corals and sand patch with garden eels. Lots of fish and moray eels, nudibranchs. Saw mantas on the pre-night dive as well. They took us to sites where we reqeusted to see frogfish and eagle ray and we saw both. Good food and drinks. The crew is very freindly and very knowledgeable. Both manta dives had about 12 divers and 6 snorkelers on a very large boat...plenty of room. They rinse all gear and wetsuits as well. Great operation...will definately use again.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	Tahiti, Keys, Turks, Maui, Nassau
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	70-80 Ft/ 21-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	remain in site of DM
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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	Large rinse tank and help in and out with gear

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Dive Review of Kona Honu in Hawaii/Big Island

Kona Honu, Jul, 2005,

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Dive Review of Kona Honu in
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