The Big Island Divers manta tour gets you educated before you hit the water. Leaving the harbor you enjoy sunset into twilight on the water, followed by a slow approach to the mooring area where the boat ties off and you get a few lessons. After checking in at the central Kona Big Island Divers' Shop, you are given a map for a short 1.6 mile drive north on Highway 19 to the Honokohau Harbor where there is parking near the boat slip and a short walk. In the winter the check in time can be as early as 4 pm with a departure around 5:15 pm. $25 gear fee for scuba, for tanks and weights and gearĪs amazing as this nighttime ocean activity sounds, when you slide off the back of the boat into the darkness and illuminated blue water it gets even more real as emerging out of the dark like swimming sea angels the mantas attracted to plankton swirling under the floating lights glide by your mask and fill you with goose bumps.Ĭheck in is adjusted seasonally and is 5:30 at the shop in the summer, but the boat departs at 6:45 from nearby marina. Gear rental: included in snorkel trip is snorkel, fins, and 3 mm wet suit.
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Restrictions: 10 years of age or older, minors must be by parents at all times.įees: $99 plus tax for snorkelers, $120 plus tax for scuba divers They have been operating this activity since 1972. Options: Many companies offer this trip, but Big Island Divers are leaders in safety, quality, and innovators as part of the green list of providers working for sustainable standards for manta interaction.
Highlights: Once in a lifetime opportunity to float in the darkness as manta rays swirl beneath you in the glow of underwater floodlights. Filter feeders, the mantas harmlessly sweep in circles ever so close bringing a close encounter of a lifetime with these gentle ocean creatures. As you float on the waters surface as a group, the undersea world yields mantas out of the shadows on the hunt for plankton gathered in the light shining down beneath your floodlight float. This activity brings light to the nighttime ocean illuminating a world few ever see.
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