Dive Review of Sea Adventures in
Hawaii/Kohala coast

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Sea Adventures, Oct, 2012, by Ernest Lavagetto, CA, US ( 2 reports). Report 6743.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling
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Comments	SEA ADVENTURES has operated out of the Mani Lani resort since the resort was built a couple of decades ago. However the dive operation is independent of the resort being "grand fathered in" on a perpetual lease my the former landowner. Sea Adventires runs 6-pac style dive boats, handles all your gear for you and offers hot showers. They also operated a large snorkle boat. Sea Adventures generally dives the reef off PUAKO. This area is geologicallly interesting because of a large number of lava tubes and caves, but from a critter standpoint has an abundance of turtles, fish nudibranchs. Of particular interest, is a Manta ray cleaner station nearby to the Sea Adventure dock. The visibilty is great and the you can literally see if the mantas are there before you begin the dive. I would say the success rate is over 33% of the time. If no mantas are spotted you move on to another dive spot. That is right-- day light dives with the Mantas. While Kona is famous for the night manta dives, phtotgraphers will enjoy the daylight photo opportunities in relatively shallow water. Be sure to bring your video camera. Sea Adventures only advertises to the nearby resorts so it is not widely known by the diving community but it really does offers a better dive environment than the larger group diving boats. I been diving with Sea Adventures for over 10 years and I highly recommend the operation to any diver considering Hawaii. You will also get access to Gary Simmons probably the best underwater guide you will ever have. The Mani Lani resort is located about 17 miles north of Kona in the Waikaloa area. You will need to call Sea Adventures and make reservations with Sea Adventures and get on their customer list to get access to their dock. Don't be put off by the gated community atmosphere, this is there for the resort and not Sea Adventures - but then again you don't have to worry about someone breaking in to your rental car.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Hawaii, cozumel, st lucia, puerto rico , turks and caicos, beliz, roatan
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	75-77°F / 24-25°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	40-100 Ft/ 12-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	recreational limits apply
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	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
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Sea Adventures in Hawaii/Kohala coast

Sea Adventures, Oct, 2012,

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Dive Review of Sea Adventures in
Hawaii/Kohala coast