Dive Review of Pacific Rim Divers in
Hawaii/Kailua-Kona, Big Island

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Pacific Rim Divers, Dec, 2004, by Brian and Kaye Walsh, HI, USA . Report 1517.
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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	This trip was our second spent with Patrice at Pacific Rim Divers on the Kona Coast of the Big Island, Hawaii. The boat is a clean and shiny six-pack launched each morning from the marina. A recent makeover has made the boat seem larger and is easy to maneuver in gear. They set up for you before coming aboard and make the entry and diving as easy as possible, great for beginners such as my daughter who with us this trip. Patrice is extremely knowledgeable about the area and all its spots and is more concerned about good dives for her guests than getting to the closest spot and get it over with. Her boat captains have always been much like her, competent and pleasant with great attitudes. Divers can either stay with her, and boy can she spots things, or range out on their own within reason. Your bottom time is limited only by your own air and she will stay out with you as long as you last. Our dives were always over an hour bottom time as the coast of the Big Island is generally a gradual slope allowing you to go to 80 feet or so and then drift up the shelf exploring. There is a protected zone on the coast where there has no fish collection allowed for many years so the tropicals are plentiful as well as eels and many little critters such as shrimp and nudibranches. We stopped and watched schools of dolphins each morning as we left the harbor. Water, snacks (including yummy brownies) and a warm water shower on board and extremely competent and pleasant people make for a very enjoyable dive experience.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Cozumel, Puerto Vallarta and Cabo in Mexico, Belize, Bermuda, Florida Keys, liveaboard in the Bahamas, 3 trips to the Caymans including liveaboard, and Oahu where we live.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy, noCurrents
Water Temp	70-72°F / 21-22°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	30-50 Ft/ 9-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Recreational dive limits only, 120 feet
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	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	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 Pacific Rim Divers in Hawaii/Kailua-Kona, Big Island

Pacific Rim Divers, Dec, 2004,

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Dive Review of Pacific Rim Divers in
Hawaii/Kailua-Kona, Big Island