Dive Review of Jack's Diving Locker/Orchid at Muana Lani in
Hawaii/Kona Coast - Big Island

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Jack's Diving Locker/Orchid at Muana Lani, Mar, 2002, by Eric A. Frick, IL, USA . Report 52.
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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
Advanced
Comments	Diving: Kona Coast diving was as nice as I thought it would be. The staff at Jack's was friendly and helpful. The 2-tank trips begin at 8:30 but you don't get back until 3:30 or so. It isn't that the trips to the reefs are that long but it takes them a while to assemble their guests, transport them (a 5 to 15 minute van trip) to the dock & get under way. I won't say that their 38' boat was overloaded, but it certainly was filled to capacity with 14 divers. Like just about everything else in Hawaii, this was no bargain: Their 2-tank trip is priced at $98. I would say that a full 3mm wetsuit is the minimum a diver would want. Divers more sensitive to the cold may want to bring more protection. The evening manta dive was an experience I would suggest that everyone try at least once. Accomodations: The Orchid is swank and expensive. It is at least a 30 min. drive from the Orchid to the dive shop in Kona.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Great Lakes & many Caribbean locations
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	73-75°F / 23-24°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-75 Ft/ 15-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	We were limited to 1 hour or whenever we hit 500 p.s.i.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	1 or 2	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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	There was a camera rinse tank on the boat and photographers were catered to but not in a lavish manner.

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Dive Review of Jack's Diving Locker/Orchid at Muana Lani in Hawaii/Kona Coast - Big Island

Jack's Diving Locker/Orchid at Muana Lani, Mar, 2002,

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

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Dive Review of Jack's Diving Locker/Orchid at Muana Lani in
Hawaii/Kona Coast - Big Island