Re: [91attendees] Scuba Diving ?

[Dimitri Staessens <[e-mail]>]

Hi Jukka,

Which way did you go diving wise?

I just did 2 dives with hda, was three years since my last dive, so I booked
2 shallow reef dives with them online (89$), with pick- up and drop off 
(+12$).

First dive, saw 2 whitetips (first time I see sharks, so pretty cool for 
me),
lots of moray eels, some rockfish.  Was a bit short 31min, buddy was MSD
and we both came up with plenty gas left (I was just over halfway my tank).
So a bit disappointing on that point.

Second dive saw some morays, some lobstery thingies and a devil 
scorpionfish.
We came out after 45 mins with ~50 bars left, so that's would count as a 
solid
standard "dive-op" experience.

They were not very prepared for DIN regs though, they looked
for and found 2 tanks with DIN, but after the first dive, they couldn't get
the yoke convertor out of the second thank , so my second dive I used
one of their regs. Not that big of a deal.

I've booked a deeper 100-120ft wreck dive with them for tomorrow morning
7.15am.

cheers,

Dimitri


Manner Jukka schreef op 10/30/2014 4:49 AM:
> I was looking at Kaimana, too, and also these three:
>
> Reef pirates: reefpirates.com
>
> Island Divers: oahuscubadiving.com
>
> Waikiki Dive Center: waikikidiving.com
>
> 10 years ago I was snorkeling in Hanauma Bay, and would be nice to see it in scuba gear now. This company also does shore trips to see marine life:
>
> http://www.hawaiiecodivers.com/
>
> Jukka
>
> On Oct 30, 2014, at 4:36 PM, Dimitri Staessens wrote:
>
>> Manner Jukka schreef op 10/30/2014 3:22 PM:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Any hints as to what to see and which company to use if, when, I want to go scuba diving during my stay ?
>> Most recommended ops seems to be
>> Kaimana:
>> waikikiscuba.com
>> and Hawaiian Diving Adventures
>> http://hawaiiandivingadventures.com/
>> HDA's has 7am dives :)
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> Dimitri
>>> What is the water temp, I will probably bring my own gear.
>>>
>>> In Finland one needs to prepare for around 40F/4-5C (or even lower) all year round, and visibility of 2-10m (on a good day ;).
>>>
>>> Jukka (Padi MSD)
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