Re: Quick HI report

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

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.

Maybe it's just the "island time" aspect.

Perhaps, but when an operator is consistently "First Out, Last Back"
without their customers benefitting by getting longer bottom times,
I'd not call it an "Island Time" factor.

I believe it was Jack's one time that was moving so slow, I
ended up unloading half of the tanks on the boat for them just to
hurry them up so we could get our ride back to the shop. Of course I
only tipped half my usual that day, figuring I deserved the other
half.

More the reason to park out at the Honokohau Small Boat Harbor,
although I did learn from Hans Eckhert (former LA County Dive
Instructor, now living in Kona) that the shore dive right here is
quite good. I'm tempted next time to ask Hans to have him show me his
favorite shore diving spots, as he also knows how to do the Manta site
as a night shore dive, and considering how the sites I saw were all
shallow and near-shore, its an easy way to save $100/day per
person...afterall, one has to try to economize somewhere to pay for a
doors-off chopper visit to the Goddess Pele:

http://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2007/hawaii/lava_7681c.jpg


Looks like you'll be getting through here just in the nick of time...

Yeah, I've been eyeing the weather up there like a hawk. I always
told myself I would never fly through Newark in the winter and here I
am, trying to make a flight that only flies once a week...

Try living here :-)

That "light wintery mix" (according to weather.com) sure scared me
when it started showing up. I was fearing it would start early Sunday
and maybe affect late Saturday night (we fly out at 11:55 p.m.).
Hopefully not, or at least it hopefully won't affect our landing in
from LAX. As long as we get to Newark in time, I figure they'll get
us to Bonaire as soon as the plane can take off. I was just worried
about not being able to land and somehow missing the connecting
flight. If it's not getting "wintery" until the afternoon as you say,
I'll be underwater by then in 82 degrees of clear fishy bliss.

The forecast I heard this AM was for "Sunday afternoon" precipitation,
and checking now for Weather Underground's details, the chance for
precipitation technically starts at 4AM Sunday at 30%, but at 10AM, it
jumps to 70% and with a wind shift from N to S expected by 1PM, so I
think you're safe by a good 10-12 hours.



-hh
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