acooper
Contributor
Jack's or Big Island Divers can both be mixed groups, larger boats always have a few newbies. But they do make an effort to separate the groups once in the water, attempting to match divers into like minded dive parties. If you are carrying a big camera, expect to go with the other photographers, etc. It usually works.
I was out with Kohala Divers today. A great day, only eight divers aboard, we went in two groups of four. The smaller ops can be more flexible in accommodating different needs, the bigger ops have to be more focused on keeping to the routine to handle the large group.
Last time out with Kohala Divers, several divers, including myself, were doing photography. We were aware that a number of nudibranches were to be found on a house sized rock under the mooring. Our addendum to the plan, if the nudis were there, we would be there to. I spotted the first gloomy before I had even leveled off and trimmed my buoyancy. We spent the entire 90min dive at 30-40 ft, within 20yds of the mooring cable.
I was out with Kohala Divers today. A great day, only eight divers aboard, we went in two groups of four. The smaller ops can be more flexible in accommodating different needs, the bigger ops have to be more focused on keeping to the routine to handle the large group.
Last time out with Kohala Divers, several divers, including myself, were doing photography. We were aware that a number of nudibranches were to be found on a house sized rock under the mooring. Our addendum to the plan, if the nudis were there, we would be there to. I spotted the first gloomy before I had even leveled off and trimmed my buoyancy. We spent the entire 90min dive at 30-40 ft, within 20yds of the mooring cable.
