crewiscool
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Jack's Dive Locker did a great job supporting our recent trip to the Big Island. They had multiple Steel 23's for O2 and Dil (no waiting for fills), bailout bottles with rigging, and jugs of Sofnolime for about the same price as we pay on the mainland. David, the Retail Manager, was knowledgeable, helpful, and communicative. He always had fresh filled bottles waiting for us when we arrived and gave us great rebreather/multi-tank/extended dive time advice for each shore dive site.
We also did two boat trips with them. The boat crew and guides knew we were coming, knowledgeable, and the perfect amount of helpful. The dives on the advanced boat were 80 minutes which was nice. I probably wouldn't do the Manta Ray dive again, but that is due to the nature of the dive not anything Jack's did wrong. If you like going on chummed shark dives you will probably really enjoy this as well, if not I imagine this will not be your cup of tea either. I would also add a special note for rebreather divers - you spend a good 30-40 minutes lying or kneeling on the seabed looking up at rays which was not awesome. We actually pushed off from the feeding ring and sat in the water column a bit to take the pressure off of our cheeks. Jack's DOES make this a two tank dive(one right before sunset, and the other right after) which other operators did not and we actually really enjoyed the first dive just not the second so much.
So Bottom line as of the writing of this post Jack's fully supports rebreathers with all indication that they will continue to support far into the future, all you have to do is let them know in advance that you are coming.
We also did two boat trips with them. The boat crew and guides knew we were coming, knowledgeable, and the perfect amount of helpful. The dives on the advanced boat were 80 minutes which was nice. I probably wouldn't do the Manta Ray dive again, but that is due to the nature of the dive not anything Jack's did wrong. If you like going on chummed shark dives you will probably really enjoy this as well, if not I imagine this will not be your cup of tea either. I would also add a special note for rebreather divers - you spend a good 30-40 minutes lying or kneeling on the seabed looking up at rays which was not awesome. We actually pushed off from the feeding ring and sat in the water column a bit to take the pressure off of our cheeks. Jack's DOES make this a two tank dive(one right before sunset, and the other right after) which other operators did not and we actually really enjoyed the first dive just not the second so much.
So Bottom line as of the writing of this post Jack's fully supports rebreathers with all indication that they will continue to support far into the future, all you have to do is let them know in advance that you are coming.
