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Experiences in Kailua-Kona, HI

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Boat Tours
My Kona Adventures
Kailua-Kona, HI
My Kona Adventures offers manta ray night snorkels, daytime snorkeling, dolphin and whale watching and private charters from Kailua-Kona. The night manta excursion includes a view of the sunset from the ocean before guests enter the water. Guests can also book custom charters with the company.
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Guided Tours & Outfitters
Kona Ocean Experience
Kailua-Kona, HI
Kona Ocean Experience runs small-group snorkel tours from Keauhou Bay with a limited number of passengers aboard each boat. Tours combine dolphin and whale watching with snorkeling at Kealakekua Bay and Honaunau Bay, while night trips offer guided time with manta rays. Daytime trips include a fruit platter and a short lesson in Hawaiian history beside the Captain Cook Monument.
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Scuba Diving & Tours
Kona Shore Divers
Kailua-Kona, HI
Kona Shore Divers is a scuba diving business in Kailua-Kona offering guided shore dives, two-tank boat dives and snorkel charters. Certification courses run from Open Water Diver through Rescue Diver, and private options are available for shore dives, boat snorkel tours and manta charters. Some courses span two days, so guests should book both sessions.
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Guided Tours & Outfitters
Aloha Adventure Farms
Kailua-Kona, HI
Aloha Adventure Farms offers ATV tours through a jungle setting in the Holualoa area of the Big Island, with stops themed on Polynesian culture. Guests can also join a wood carving tour led by a fourth-generation carver from Tonga to make their own souvenir. Options include an exotic fruit tasting tour and combined ATV and carving tours.
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Sunlight On Water
Kailua-Kona, HI
Sunlight on Water runs boat tours from Honokohau Harbor in Kailua-Kona. Offerings include sunset manta ray snorkels, reef snorkels, deep ocean wildlife safaris, dolphin watching and whale watching, as well as private custom charters for groups. Guests check in at the company's boat at the harbor.
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Kona Snorkel Tours
Kailua-Kona, HI
Kona Snorkel Tours runs small-group boat trips based near the Outrigger Resort in Kona. Options include night manta ray snorkels, Captain Cook Monument snorkel tours on a Zodiac speed boat, and private charters. Trips can visit sea caves and lava tubes along the coast, and wild dolphins and whales may be seen, though wildlife is not guaranteed.
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Hawaiian Adventures Kona
Kailua-Kona, HI
Hawaiian Adventures Kona runs whale watching tours and night manta tours from Kailua-Kona aboard catamarans built for the Kona coast. Pelagic tours cover offshore waters with resident whale and dolphin species, while humpback tours focus inshore during the winter months. The company publishes a weekly whale and wildlife report and staffs a year-round office.
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Ocean Blue Kona
Kailua-Kona, HI
Ocean Blue Kona runs private and shared fishing charters from Kailua-Kona aboard two boats that each carry up to six passengers. Other trips include manta ray night snorkeling, whale watching and ocean safaris, sunset cruises and a Hawaiian cultural tour. Guests can take their catch home or have it prepared by local restaurant partners.
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Wahine Charters
Kailua-Kona, HI
Wahine Charters is a Hawaiian-owned ocean activities company based in Kailua-Kona. Its tours include manta ray night snorkels, with wet suits, snorkel gear and refreshments provided, Kealakekua Bay snorkel trips to the Captain Cook monument, seasonal humpback whale watching, and reef snorkels along the Kona coast.
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Fishing Charters
Ms Conduct Sportfishing
Kailua-Kona, HI
Ms Conduct Sport Fishing runs private charters from Honokohau Harbor in Kailua-Kona aboard a small six-passenger boat. Trips target marlin, spearfish, ahi, mahi mahi and ono, and the crew fillets catches under 100 pounds for guests to take home. A fish and snorkel option splits the trip between fishing and a custom tour that may include whale watching or snorkeling.
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Captain Zodiac Snorkeling and Whale Watching Tours
Kailua-Kona, HI
Captain Zodiac runs small-group snorkel and whale watching tours from Kailua-Kona in 24-foot Zodiac rafts. Snorkel trips visit Kealakekua Bay, where guests may see spinner dolphins, sea turtles and other marine life, and seasonal whale watching tours are also offered. The boats hold up to 16 passengers and can reach sea caves and rock archways, and private charters are available.
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Hang Loose Boat Tours
Kailua-Kona, HI
Hang Loose Boat Tours runs guided ocean outings from Kailua-Kona on a boat designed for open ocean conditions. Offerings include manta ray night snorkeling, Kealakekua Bay snorkeling, whale watching and private charters. The company states its boats are operated by United States Coast Guard licensed captains.
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Fishing Charters
High Noon Kona Fishing Charters
Kailua-Kona, HI
High Noon Sport Fishing operates a fleet of four boats out of Honokohau Harbor in Kailua-Kona, offering private and shared big game charters. Fishing targets include blue marlin, striped marlin, spearfish, ahi tuna, wahoo and mahi mahi, using both trolling and light tackle with live bait. Trip lengths range from half day to multi-day, and the largest vessel takes a dozen or more anglers.
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Scuba Diving & Tours
Jack's Diving Locker
Kailua-Kona, HI
Jack's Diving Locker is a dive operator in Kailua-Kona offering scuba trips, snorkel tours and dive instruction, and it holds PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Center status. The business runs dive boats for manta night dives and reef dives, plus gear rentals and servicing. It also operates a training pool, kids' camp programs and shops on Ali'i Drive and at Kealakehe Parkway.
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Kayak Rentals & Tours
Saltwater Soul LLC
Kailua-Kona, HI
Saltwater Soul rents clear bottom kayaks in Kailua-Kona, letting paddlers view fish and sea life through the hull without snorkeling gear. The shop also sells eco-friendly gifts made from recycled materials or bought from marine conservation companies. A portion of profits supports a local bay education center.
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Big Island Boat Tours
Kailua-Kona, HI
Big Island Boat Tours operates from Kailua-Kona on a powered catamaran. Trips include manta ray night snorkels, a Captain Cook snorkel tour to Kealakekua Bay with lunch served on board, and seasonal humpback whale watching with an underwater hydrophone. The vessel has a bathroom, freshwater showers and a sundeck with 360-degree views.
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Torpedo Tours
Kailua-Kona, HI
Torpedo Tours offers diving, snorkeling and whale watching trips from Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. Activities include scuba for beginners, a two-tank morning dive, sunset and late-night manta ray snorkels, an aquatic safari and private boat charters for groups. A deep blackwater night dive is available for certified divers.
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Ocean Encounters
Kailua-Kona, HI
Ocean Encounters runs boat tours from Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. Trips include manta ray night snorkels, morning reef snorkels, whale watching charters and private charters, with dolphin encounters viewed from the boat rather than in the water. Tours include snorkel equipment, and light snacks are provided.
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Bike Shop
Boss Frog's Snorkel, Bike & Beach Rentals
Kailua-Kona, HI
Boss Frog's rents snorkel gear, bikes and beach equipment from a store on Ali'i Drive in Kailua-Kona. The company also runs locations on Maui and Kauai and publishes snorkeling guides and island maps for visitors. The Kona location is one of several stores in the chain.
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Iruka Hawaii Dolphin
Kailua-Kona, HI
Iruka Hawaii Dolphin offers Kona boat tours that combine reef snorkeling with dolphin and whale watching. Other options include a night manta ray snorkel, a Kealakekua Bay dolphin watch and snorkel, and private charters. Some reef trips include a grilled lunch served onboard, and tours are booked through the company's online reservation system.
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Hawaii Marine Life Charters
Kailua-Kona, HI
Hawaii Marine Life Charters runs small-group snorkel and wildlife tours from Honokohau Harbor on the Kona coast, with a maximum of ten guests per trip. Offerings include nightly manta ray snorkeling, Kealakekua Bay snorkel trips, a double reef and dolphin watch, whale watch excursions and private charters. Trips run on a 31-foot rigid hull inflatable boat.
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Body Glove Hawaii
Kailua-Kona, HI
Body Glove Hawaii is a locally owned operator in Kailua-Kona that has run ocean tours since 1988. Its cruises include a snorkel and dolphin watch on a catamaran, humpback whale watching with a marine naturalist, a historical dinner cruise to Kealakekua Bay, and a raft-based sunset cruise. Private group charters are also available.
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Kona Snorkel Trips
Kailua-Kona, HI
Kona Snorkel Trips departs from Honokohau Marina with snorkel tours, night manta ray snorkels, seasonal whale watching and private charters. Its boat, the Orca, can carry up to 18 guests and has propeller guards fitted to protect marine life near the surface. Guests must use reef-safe sunscreen on board, and the crew holds lifeguard certifications.
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Kayak Rentals & Tours
Kona Boys Beach Shack
Kailua-Kona, HI
Kona Boys is an ocean activity outfitter in Kailua-Kona and Kealakekua offering kayak and snorkel tours of Kealakekua Bay, outrigger canoe rides, and paddleboard lessons and tours. The Beach Shack location on the Kailua Kona waterfront serves as check-in for canoe and paddleboard activities. The company also rents snorkel gear and beach equipment.
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ASTRO Network Geography

My Kona Adventures

Kona Ocean Experience

Kona Shore Divers

Aloha Adventure Farms

Sunlight On Water

Kona Snorkel Tours

Hawaiian Adventures Kona

Ocean Blue Kona

Wahine Charters

Ms Conduct Sportfishing

Captain Zodiac Snorkeling and Whale Watching Tours

Hang Loose Boat Tours

High Noon Kona Fishing Charters

Jack's Diving Locker

Saltwater Soul LLC

Big Island Boat Tours

Torpedo Tours

Ocean Encounters

Boss Frog's Snorkel, Bike & Beach Rentals

Iruka Hawaii Dolphin

Hawaii Marine Life Charters

Body Glove Hawaii

Kona Snorkel Trips

Kona Boys Beach Shack