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the Best Diving in Kauai !!!
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NO
Certification Required to SCUBA Dive !!! (Click Here)
We
do NOT conduct "cattle call" dives or "jammed-up"
training classes (sardines belong in a can on the grocer's shelf, NOT
on a boat or a dive site !!!).
Looking
for something different and unique? Something One-of-a-Kind? Then
... CLICK HERE !!!
We specialize in
smaller and more comfortable numbers of divers traveling together as
well as interesting guided tours and personalized certification
classes. Be sure to ask about our totally private guided tours and
classes!!!
We cater to those
divers - both novice and those more experienced - who seek something off
the beaten (boat dive) path and who are looking for quality tours or
classes without being crowded or rushed.
We can offer you some exciting
Adventures Dives AND some Specialty Diver Certifications - as well as
incredibly fun Guided Reef Tours - that most of the other dive companies
cannot! For example:
* Nitrox / Enriched
Air Diver
* Multi-Level Diver
* Fish Identification
Diver
* Search &
Recovery Diver
* Underwater
Navigator Diver
* Night Diver
* Underwater
Naturalist Diver
* Peak Performance
Buoyancy Diver
* Project AWARE
* AWARE Coral Reef
Conservation Specialty
* Digital underwater
Photographer
These
are some great ways to gain dive experience, work towards and reach your
next Certification Level AND pick up some pretty cool "merit
badges" at the same time !!! When we talk I'll go over more options
with you.
We cater to those
divers - both novice and those more experienced - who seek something
off the beaten (boat dive) path and who are looking for quality
tours or classes without being crowded or rushed.
Some divers have asked us why
we prefer to do shore dives instead of boat dives. There are several
reasons.
We consider shore dives more of
a "biological" dive while boats are considered to be more
of a "geological" type of dive ... this means that you
will see MORE types and species of fish, eels, shrimp, crabs,
cleaning stations, and all that "biological" kind of stuff
when diving with us on our guided reef tours than you will from a
boat ... so unless you like colder water, stronger currents, less
fish, and a few more big rocks to look at (sorry, there are NO
wrecks to go see on Kauai) ... stay away from the crowded boats and
come dive with us in a more relaxed style !!!
Consider
this fact … we have never had any diver get "green
in the gills" or try to "feed the fishies" or "chum
the waters" (these are nautical terms for "becoming
violently nauseous") on our shore dives … how many times
has this NOT been the case on a crowded boat ???
When
the ocean is "calm and flat" for our shore dives ....
there is AT LEAST a 3 foot (most times even more)
rolling swell offshore .... Kauai does NOT have any sheltered
boat dive sites (like some of the other islands have) so you
will always have to deal with the pitch and roll onboard.
The
smaller the boat ... the rougher the float !!! Sometimes
this is enough to make diving awkward and uncomfortable, to say the
least! Certainly NOT our idea of fun group activities !!!
On the other hand ... our
guided reef tours take place in depths that they fishies actually
live in!!!
Did
you know that approximately 680
species of fishes are known from the Hawaiian Islands and that about
420 of those species are designated as Reef and Inshore fishes? A
surprising 24% are endemic to Hawaii (found nowhere else in the
world) !!!
And …
most of these live in waters between 20 and
30 feet deep !!!
You don't NEED
to dive deep to see them ….
PLUS ...
you will get longer bottom times in shallower
waters !!!
And wait until you see the
turtles in their cleaning stations !!! You will be stoked !!!
In reality, most
of the boat dives are done as close to the harbor as possible to
save on time and fuel costs - NOT to give you the very best dive
possible! And many of Kauai's best dive sites are never frequented
by dive shop boats because it's either logistically inconvenient for
them or boating is not permitted. Most boat charter companies in
Poipu don't go to Mana Crack because it is too far away from their
berth, while another boat charter in Pt. Allen won't go to Sheraton
Caverns because it is too far from their berth!!!
Our
dives are always an easy walk-in/walk-out from the shore.
The picture that you see on the upper left-hand corner of this page
is where we usually dive at.
Another
reason for shore dives here on Kauai ... it's easier and
more fun when we prep and dive on a more relaxed "Aloha-style"
atmosphere rather than settling for the "hurry up and wait"
regime of generic boat diving.
If you are concerned about carrying
your gear to the water's edge, no worries! We will be happy to
assist you in whatever way we can !!! (Most of our entries are
within 20-30 feet of the water's edge, anyway !!!)
We DO NOT do "crashing
surf entries" as a general rule - after all, this is
RECREATIONAL diving, NOT a Navy SEAL's Survival Training Session!!!
Only when we are
training for the advanced levels of diving (Advanced Open Water,
Rescue Diver, Divemaster or Instructor Training Levels) will we
enter the waters in surf conditions.
"Easy
walk-in/walk-out"shore entries means just that …. in
conditions that are pleasant and easy; minimal surge and swell. My
general rule is to consider whether or not I would take my teenaged
daughter or any of her friends into the waters with the conditions
present. If yes, then we go. If no, then we reconsider.
As far as meeting times, conditions
are generally calmer in the early morning, and if you really want to
see the "changing of the guard" - when the night critters
go home and the day critters come out to play - then may I suggest a
"Dawn Patrol" dive ???
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