Dive Review of Kona Honu/Paniolo Greens in
Hawaii/Kona, Big Island

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Kona Honu/Paniolo Greens, May, 2004, by Paul Lima, TN, USA ( Sr. Contributor 27 reports). Report 1073.
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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
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Comments	Signed up for 2-tank manta ray dive at Garden Eel Cove which is where the mantas come since the closure of the Kona Surf Hotel to the south. The Kona Honu is a large, new, clean boat with good set-up and lots of room. Briefings were thorough and entertaining. We were free to move about the boat as we wished while underway. It was a short ride to the site and we saw mantas as we attached to the fixed moorings. First dive was the evening dive and we saw our first daylight sighting of mantas above us. Went to 51 feet and watched the garden eel colony in the sand. Refreshments during the surface interval were very good with sandwiches, chips and a variety of soft drinks available. The night dive with the mantas was incredible. People had to time their giant strides to avoid landing on a ray. We were bumped repeatedly while on the surface waiting to descend. There were 15-17 mantas feeding at the lights set up on the bottom in about 30 feet of water. Each diver was provided a high illumination light source and several lights were set up on the bottom to draw plankton to the site. A wonderful dive and highly recommended. The only drawback was that the divemasters did not seem to value the beautiful coral in their backyard. They had guages unsecured and repeatedly bumped,touched, leaned on and kicked off the coral. If they had been more environmentally responsible I could enthusiastically recommend this operation. As it was our group left with a bitter-sweet memory.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	Florida Keys, Caymans, Maui, Lanai
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	surge
Water Temp	78-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	80-100 Ft/ 24-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified] accompany divemaster
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	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Kona Honu/Paniolo Greens in Hawaii/Kona, Big Island

Kona Honu/Paniolo Greens, May, 2004,

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Dive Review of Kona Honu/Paniolo Greens in
Hawaii/Kona, Big Island