Re: Quick HI report

Greg Mossman <moss...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
-hh <recscuba_goo...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Kaui, I used 'Bubbles Below' - nice small 6-pack type outfit
operating out of Port Allen. A nice touch was that their freshwater
rinse was passed through their engine manifold, so it was a hot water
rinse :-) I'd go out with them again.

Did you get a chance to dive with Linda?

Met her, but she was just back from a dive trip in Indonesia, so she
didn't go out diving.


On Kona (Big Island), I was short on time for being selective for
picking a dive op, so I ended up going with "Kona Honu Divers" because
I specifically wanted to get in on the Manta Night Dive, which they
prominently feature. While the Manta Night Dive was fun & highly
recommended, I'd not use Kona Honu again as my dive op.

That's too bad. We dove with Jack's and, while I wasn't too impressed
with their day dives, they ran a very good manta show (we did it two
nights), and limited the two dives to an hour each which is reasonable
since the shallow site would otherwise permit much longer dives and
the late arrival back in Kona already assures that most of the
restaurants have closed up for the night.

A good point about the need to go get food afterwords; the Kona
Brewing Company's kitchen closes at 9:00pm.

FWIW, the "slow" aspects of Kona Honu Divers was such that despite
having the earliest meeting time (3pm) for the night dive, we were
also invariably the last one back. At least their "hold the customers
from getting off the boat while we mention our tip jar" speech was
mercifully short after the night dive.


BTW, the Kona Agressor had a little boating accident last Wednesday in
Kona Harbor...

But the Kona Aggressor should know better. Presumably they require a
bit more experience to captain a bit boat like that versus the six-
packs that make the 1-mile crossing to Klein Bonaire.

One would hope. Considering how slowly they appeared to have drifted
into the swimmer's area, I was particularly surprised that it happened
at all, as the seas and winds were both quite light.

Glad you had a good time. Now it's my turn.

Looks like you'll be getting through here just in the nick of time:
the weather report is currently calling for a bag of "wintery mix
crap" precipitation on Sunday afternoon, and the first one's always
the worst for people being ill-prepaired.


-hh
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