Kona Honu Divers

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Kona Honu Divers Overview

In addition to their scuba instruction and wide array of diving gear, Kona Honu Divers offers guided manta ray night dives, a Kona blackwater dive, and morning reef dives to fit your schedule and diving preferences. Their guides are briefed with the latest in safety standards and have insightful local knowledge for your diving tour, ensuring you and your party are comfortable and well-prepared for a unique and memorable diving experience.

Company Description

Combining their expertise in the water to train future divers and ensure current ones are well-equipped, Kona Honu Divers takes pride in providing the very best diving instructors, guides, and equipment to make your dive memorable and safe. With a remarkable track record and bevy of positive reviews from loyal customers, you can trust your vacation budget and time to Kona Honu Divers and their various charters.

Equipped with a custom 46-ft Newton Dive Special Boat and a 33-ft World Cat, Kona Honu Divers is perfectly equipped to get you to your dive sites in comfort and style and make your Big Island vacation memorable. With captains licensed by the U.S. Coast Guard and trained on the latest safety standards, your diving tour will be as comfortable as it will be remarkable.


Daytime Dive Charters

* All tour information was current when posted but is subject to change.

2-Tank Morning Dive Charter
Spend a beautiful morning in Kona scuba diving Hawaii’s pristine waters with experienced dive guides. Dive with endemic tropical fish, check out the volcanic formations, observe green sea turtles, spot the hard to find octopus and dive alongside many more wonderful marine creatures in the clear water Kona is known for. 5 Hours, Certified Divers, Ages 12+, Departs from Honokohau Marina.

Premium Advanced 2-Tank Long Range Dive Charter
On this 2 tank charter, spend the morning and early afternoon diving in South Kona’s incredible lava tubes, lush reefs, and a chance to view bigger pelagic animals such as whales, dolphins, or big fish on the ride down the coast. Or, venture North to experience unique reef structures and critter hideouts, or even drift around Kaiwi Point. Between your dives, enjoy a full lunch with views of the coastline. The speedy 33′ World Cat can zip far down the coast quickly, getting you to special dive sites! 7 Hours, Certified Divers, Advanced, Ages 18+, Departs from Honokohau Marina, Minimum 3 Divers to run, Maximum 6 Divers.

2-Tank Dive Charter – on Honu Lele
Spend a beautiful morning in Kona scuba diving Hawaii’s pristine waters in a small group. Here you may see endemic tropical fish, view the formations made by old lava flows, observe green sea turtles, spot the hard to find octopus, and dive alongside many more wonderful marine creatures. The Honu Lele is a 33ft World Cat fast 6-passenger vessel with plenty of shade, snacks, and a fresh water shower. This boat does not have a marine head. 5 Hours, Certified Divers, Ages 12+, Departs from Honokohau Marina, Minimum 3 Divers to run, Maximum 6 Divers.


Night Dive Charters

2-Tank Night Manta Ray Dive Charter
The Manta dive is an exhilarating underwater experience that is unique to the Kona Coast and one of the top night dives of the world! You will cruise north along the coast to Garden Eel Cove. The diving begins with a reef dive, followed by a Kona sunset and a light meal before having an educational and fascinating briefing on the manta ray. Once the sun dips below the horizon, you will gear up and re-enter the water in the hopes to see these gentle giants perform their graceful underwater ballet. Your manta ray night dive will be about 45 minutes long. Tour is 5 Hours, Certified Divers, Ages 12+, Departs from Honokohau Marina.

Black Water Night Dive
Blackwater diving is a unique night dive which will take you miles offshore where you will hang, suspended from a 60ft tether, over 4000ft of water to watch open ocean, or pelagic, animals drift by. You’ll have the opportunity to see animals ranging from perfectly clear larval fish and invertebrates to siphonophores, and even cephalopods out in the deep. If you want to observe something you have never seen before, this is the dive for you. 3 Hours, Ages 18+, Confident Certified Divers, Advanced Experience.

Private Charter Black Water Night Dive
Premium 3 Hr Private Charter. See the Black Water Night Dive description above for details.


Dive Shop Location
74-5583 Lucia St A12
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740

NOTE: Tours Depart from the Honokohau Marina.
When you book a tour you will be provided directions to the boat in the confirmation email. Do not go to the Dive Shop for tours, they do not provide transportation to the harbor.

Contact
(808) 324-4668
Website

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