Kona Honu Divers is set to expand its blackwater diving to accommodate more dives per week. Kona Honu Divers is a professional Kona diving company and scuba dive shop, located in Kona, Hawaii. The company offers scuba and freediving with the use of boats and the highest quality diving gear.
Blackwater diving, also known as night diving, is an increasingly popular underwater experience where divers explore the nighttime depths of pelagic seas, looking for little critters. It is a unique and exciting experience, and the creatures that you see are often alien and always remarkable. Also known as pelagic diving, blackwater diving is a form of scuba that occurs in the open ocean with thousands of feet of water beneath the boat. The divers are usually tethered to a boat by a rope and typically dive to a max depth of 60 feet. There, they can see amazing ocean creatures that, because of the depths they found at, produce the most amazing natural light show, as their exteriors reflect and refract light.
Byron Kay with a pelagic seahorse on the blackwater dive in Kona, Hawaii
Founder of Kona Honu Divers, Byron Kay, says, aside from expanding the number of their blackwater dives, the company has experienced divemasters who help clients through the diving process.
“Currently, we do our blackwater diving twice weekly and take 6 divers at a time. We are now set to increase these numbers as our charters are always filled up in advance. This is one of the most popular, most requested and most unique tours. So, now, we want to offer more to meet the demand of clients. We offer the finest selection of scuba and freediving gear available on the Big Island. With over 200 years of combined industry experience, our expert trainers and staff members are uniquely qualified to provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary for a safe and comfortable underwater experience,” Kay explains.
According to Kay, Kona Honu Divers is one of Hawaii's best-rated and best-reviewed dive companies. Kay says the company offers very clean boats, extremely high safety standards, and well-maintained gear. He explains that the company currently has a partnership with the Monterrey Bay Aquarium. He says Kona Honu Divers takes Monterey Bay Aquarium researchers on dive trips to explore a cross-section of marine life and their amazing aqua-creatures.
Bobtail squid on the blackwater dive in Kona, Hawaii
“Our night diving has some of the best marine life as our divers can see all the uniquely amazing creatures that aren't visible during the day. Those taking part in our black water dives get to witness the largest animal migration on the planet right before their eyes, as creatures from the depths rise closer to the surface during the night. Kona Honu Divers’ guides are trained to help divers find the most amazing marine life Kona Honu bears witness to, including bobtail squid, pelagic seahorses and rare jellies, among many others. This dive is unique in that the animals seen are like nothing our guests will have seen on any other dives across the world. We have been rated top in safety for five years running. This recognition by Scuba Diving Magazine Readers means we are doing something right and giving something others are not,” he affirms.
Byron Kay concludes that Kona Honu Divers aims to continue to be the home of night diving in Hawaii while ensuring that divers get premium value for their time and resources while diving with his company.
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