Re: [91attendees] Scuba Diving ?

["Rosen, Brian" <[e-mail]>]

I'm set for the morning two tank dive with Reef Pirates on Friday. 



> On Nov 9, 2014, at 5:50 AM, Manner Jukka <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> Hi, thanks a lot for sharing. I’m going on Monday morning with Kaimana Divers (waikikiscuba.com). Let’s see how their operations work, a deep + shallow combo. My gear came through alright, so can use my own familiar equipment, and I have my own DIN-to-yoke adapter. :)
> 
> Later during the week some more mornings, boat and/or shore, and maybe on Saturday morning early some shallow dives - my plane leaves on Sunday 16th at 8:40.
> 
> How was hda overall, the feeling and how professional the performance was ?
> 
> Btw, why did you come up so quickly on the first dive ?
> 
> Looking forward to your report on the deeper dive trip. 
> 
> Jukka
> 
>> On 08 Nov 2014, at 15:24, Dimitri Staessens <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> 
>> 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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