pdxgal
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Hi all,
My husband and I are going to Hawaii. We will be in Maui most of the time but in Kona for 4 days. We want to get 2 - 3 dives in and one of them we want to be a manta night dive.
I contacted Big Island Divers and one suggestion was this....
"Our Twilight / Manta Ray Night Charter meets at the shop anytime before 2:30pm and is the trip of choice for Scuba Divers. On this charter your first snorkel or SCUBA dive is on the beautiful Kona reef before the sun sets and the second snorkel or SCUBA is with the Mantas after dark."
Now given that I know that Hawaii isn't supposed to be the most spectacular diving in the world, especially since I'll be in Cozumel a couple weeks before, but for what it's worth....does this seem like a good idea? It feels like that afternoon dive may be a little reduced visibility because of the sun, or no? I have no idea if this is true or not.
We aren't doing much diving this trip for many reasons so I was hoping to get the most out of it! We've both snorkeled in Hawaii many times but never done any diving there.
PS Also, can anyone shed any light on the implications of diving and going up Mauna Kea?
My husband and I are going to Hawaii. We will be in Maui most of the time but in Kona for 4 days. We want to get 2 - 3 dives in and one of them we want to be a manta night dive.
I contacted Big Island Divers and one suggestion was this....
"Our Twilight / Manta Ray Night Charter meets at the shop anytime before 2:30pm and is the trip of choice for Scuba Divers. On this charter your first snorkel or SCUBA dive is on the beautiful Kona reef before the sun sets and the second snorkel or SCUBA is with the Mantas after dark."
Now given that I know that Hawaii isn't supposed to be the most spectacular diving in the world, especially since I'll be in Cozumel a couple weeks before, but for what it's worth....does this seem like a good idea? It feels like that afternoon dive may be a little reduced visibility because of the sun, or no? I have no idea if this is true or not.
We aren't doing much diving this trip for many reasons so I was hoping to get the most out of it! We've both snorkeled in Hawaii many times but never done any diving there.
PS Also, can anyone shed any light on the implications of diving and going up Mauna Kea?