Dive Review of Sea Paradise in
Hawaii/Big Island, Kona Coast

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Sea Paradise, Feb, 2009, by Joann Mead, OH, United States ( Reviewer 5 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 4646.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	We go to Hawaii every year and generally do most of our diving with Sea Paradise. We believe the diving is better south of Kona than north and they are the only operation south of Kona. Max on boat is 6 divers and although boat is small, it is comfortable and clean. Snacks and drinks are provided after each dive. Generally divers did a giant stride off stern or back roll. Current crew has been there for a couple of years. Captain is OK, could volunteer more help but does help when asked. Gave brief safety briefing each trip. Dive master is conscious of the divers and watches out for them. Would like if if she pointed more things out under water but I guess she is watching the divers. We did not have to come up when the first diver ran out of air so we could do our dive our own profile to some degree. We did 22 dives with them over a 4 week period plus 6 shore dives on our own. This time of year, there is more issue with water conditions and swells. They are very conscious of this and pick the dive sites accordingly. If it is too bad, they don't go out but that only happened the first few days we were there.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Palau, Belize, BVI, Bonaire, Bahamas
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, cloudy, dry	Seas	surge
Water Temp	75-77°F / 24-25°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Dive master had profile but let experienced divers stay to max time when she went up with those out of air.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	1 or 2
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	No rinse bucket but captain did rinse camera with fresh water hose. Place to store camera in cabin area.

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Dive Review of Sea Paradise in Hawaii/Big Island, Kona Coast

Sea Paradise, Feb, 2009,

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

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Sea Paradise in
Hawaii/Big Island, Kona Coast