Dive Review of Big Island Divers/Hapuna Prince Beach Hotel in
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Big Island Divers/Hapuna Prince Beach Hotel, Mar, 2006, by Bob & Laura Mosqueda, CA, USA ( Contributor 14 reports with 6 Helpful votes). Report 2342.
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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	We stayed in a nice resort area, Hapuna Beach, but it was a long drive south to Kona (about an hour, with a lot of traffic at times) to get to the boat. Big Island Divers was a first rate operation: safety-conscious, excellent service, and reasonable (for Hawaii) prices. They set up equipment, helped with getting in/out, and have friendly and knowledgeable guides. One DM (Frank) has a tendendcy to go fast which is a shame because there are a lot more things to see if you take your time. We went on two of the famous night "manta dives"... we saw no mantas on one dive but had wonderful encounters with 2 mantas on the other dive. To this operation's credit, on the night we were skunked the dm (Frank) took us on a series of "tours" that added up to a reasonable night dive. We would leave the manta sight for 10 minutes and tour around, then come back to see if the mantas had arrived; we did this for about an hour, but no luck. The other dive operations had left after only 20 minutes.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Indonesia, Sea of Cortez, Socorro, Maui, Little Cayman
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	76-78°F / 24-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	We dove as a group with the DM. This wasn't a problem as they went to reasonable depths (80 feet max) for what there was to see and there were a small number of divers.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	1 or 2
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 Big Island Divers/Hapuna Prince Beach Hotel in Hawaii/Big Island

Big Island Divers/Hapuna Prince Beach Hotel, Mar, 2006,

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Dive Review of Big Island Divers/Hapuna Prince Beach Hotel in
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