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Hawaii-land-based vs liveaboard
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For diving nearby, I would recommend Kohala Divers. It's about 20 minutes north of the Hilton Waikoloa, has an amazing new boat and great staff.
www.kohaladivers.com/
But you might also want to think about diving with Kona Dive Company. That drive is about 35 minutes to the boat. KDC
IslandDiversHI
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For those of you looking for the inexpensive side of land based, this is a good place for air, hotel, car. It is what I recommend to those on Oahu looking for a escapt to other island
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King_of_All_Tyrants
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Done two liveaboards (Galapagos and GBR). Following.
Not having done the Kona liveaboards, all I can say is that I would recommend doing the liveaboard and then doing 2-3 days on shore afterwards. In particular, the big island is awesome for non-diving as well. (though watch your altitude if you go to Mauna Kea!!!)
Not having done the Kona liveaboards, all I can say is that I would recommend doing the liveaboard and then doing 2-3 days on shore afterwards. In particular, the big island is awesome for non-diving as well. (though watch your altitude if you go to Mauna Kea!!!)
If you want to keep costs down, you can do a lot of nice shore diving from the Big Island. If you want to get as many dives in as you could from a LOB, it seems like you could do boat charters in the morning, then go do a couple of shore dives in the afternoon. Or, of course, shore dives all day.
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