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This dive was so awesome I had to do it twice. I just got my c-card in December and got the opportunity to do 4 dives on Oahu and 3 dives on the Big Island. During the first manta dive, I had forgotten to charge my batteries on my video camera and it died as soon as i hit the water. Enjoy the video from the second dive...
We moved to Oahu a couple years ago. We took a trip over to Kona and did this night manta dive with Big Island Divers. I was a bit skeptical, I usually shy away from these "too touristy" things. I will tell you, I've been diving for quite a while - this was one of the best dives I've ever done. We had 19 mantas show up for our dive, you could have told me there were hundreds.... there is a lady who shows up every night with her video camera, will sell it to you of course, but she knows the mantas by their markings. We did the 2 tank dive, we dove right before sunset (twilight, I think they called it) and we saw 2 mantas just hanging around the reef. As it got darker we heard splashing around our boat and the mantas came right in, before any lights or anything were put out. This was a great experience and we plan on hopping over to Kona to do it again. I *highly* recommend this dive, and Big Island Divers were awesome. They have warm showers for after dive rinses, and they provided us with hot chocolate after the dive... I know, you think, geez, you're in Hawaii. Still, for the time of year it is now the water is cooler and the hot chocolate was a nice touch!
I was there a couple of years ago and watched those massive beauties for 3 nights in a row, from the hotel. What I really liked was even when the tourist weren't there in the water, Big Bertha was and the lights were on every night.
Which the next time I'm there might warrant a shore dive when there are less people around.
"My life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely pretty and well preserved, but rather I will skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming...WOW...What a Ride!"
It is an amazing experience! Make sure to do the one down near the airport tho, we were there in October and they weren't getting many up at the resort end of the island. We also went with BID and they were a good bunch.
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