Dive Review of Mauna Lani Sea Adventures in
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Mauna Lani Sea Adventures, May, 2009, by Michael Drumstas, MA, USA ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 4876.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
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Comments	I changed Dive operators mid vacation and what a great choice. Mauna Lani Sea Adventures are located in the resort of the same name and are friendly dedicated divers who cannot do enough to make sure that your dive experience is the best.I had called on short notice for a dive for two of us and were told by Steve (operations manager)to be there the next morning. First dive was to the 15th hole where we encountered 3 Mantas lounging around for close to our total dive ,which by the way was in excess of one hour as were each subsequent dives. We also encountered an octopus and turtles. The briefings were concise and the post dive debriefing was a nice touch to explain what you just saw. Gary and Frankie provide all the details of what should be at a site and what was there. We observed nudibranchs, a lizard fish with a yellow frog fish in its mouth, white tip sharks, big puffer fish, file fish, eels and a general healthy reef system. We dove with Gary, Steve and Frankie over the next week and had a fantastic time. I cannot say enough about the general sense of them wanting us to be satisfied divers. We stayed at Kolea in the Waikoloa Beach Resort and thought the accommodations were stunning. (check VRBO for rentals). So we had 6 days of great diving with Mauna Lani and returned to the Mantas more than once for those extra photos. These guys are a small operation and return to the dock between dives and serve up fresh towels, animal cookies, tea and coffee along with water. Kudos to Steve ,Gary and Frankie.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Carribean, Mexico, New England
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	76-78°F / 24-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	75-100 Ft/ 23-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	stay in general vacinity of guide and back to boat with 500psi
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	None	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	N/A	Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Small craft with no setup for U/W photographers

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Dive Review of Mauna Lani Sea Adventures in Hawaii

Mauna Lani Sea Adventures, May, 2009,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Dive Review of Mauna Lani Sea Adventures in
Hawaii