Aloha,
The Kona Classic is a week long video/photo festival hosted here on the Kona Coast of the "Big Island" of Hawaii. This is the sixth annual event and the dates are May 5-12. The dive package includes 9 dives with access to one or more photo pros during each charter. Festival registration includes the welcome reception, daily educational seminars, fun social activities, eligibility for valuable prizes, and the awards dinner. The total cost for the diving package and contest registration is $945 per person. The dives are done on 4 two tank morning charters and 1 one tank night charter, which is the world famous Manta Ray Night Dive. During each of the charters, one or more photo pros will be aboard to share their expert advice. The charters will be aboard our 46' custom Newton dive boat, which along with all the usual amenities (showers, marine toilet, ...) features photo tables, rinse buckets for your diver's underwater photographic gear, and a large shaded dry area. As an operator, we have received excellent reviews in publications ranging from undercurrents' annual chapbook to the most widely read travel guide for our island, "The Big Island Revealed". We recently received best "Overall" and best "Value" ratings in the October '06 Scuba Diving Magazine Reader Ratings. The difference in the cost of one of our "standard" dive packages and this Kona Classic package is inclusion of a photo pro mentor aboard each and every trip. This is a week long working seminar where your divers will be honing their skills and not just an opportunity to log nine more dives.
Accommodations, transportation including air fare are not included in this cost. Rental gear (BCD, regulator w/computer, and wet-suit) are not included. The cost for rental gear is $7.50 per piece or $20 for the entire set. This cost is per charter.
The latest information can be found on our web site at http://www.konahonudivers.com/konaclassic.shtml
Hope to see you here,
John Haut
Operations Manager
Kona Honu Divers
The Kona Classic is a week long video/photo festival hosted here on the Kona Coast of the "Big Island" of Hawaii. This is the sixth annual event and the dates are May 5-12. The dive package includes 9 dives with access to one or more photo pros during each charter. Festival registration includes the welcome reception, daily educational seminars, fun social activities, eligibility for valuable prizes, and the awards dinner. The total cost for the diving package and contest registration is $945 per person. The dives are done on 4 two tank morning charters and 1 one tank night charter, which is the world famous Manta Ray Night Dive. During each of the charters, one or more photo pros will be aboard to share their expert advice. The charters will be aboard our 46' custom Newton dive boat, which along with all the usual amenities (showers, marine toilet, ...) features photo tables, rinse buckets for your diver's underwater photographic gear, and a large shaded dry area. As an operator, we have received excellent reviews in publications ranging from undercurrents' annual chapbook to the most widely read travel guide for our island, "The Big Island Revealed". We recently received best "Overall" and best "Value" ratings in the October '06 Scuba Diving Magazine Reader Ratings. The difference in the cost of one of our "standard" dive packages and this Kona Classic package is inclusion of a photo pro mentor aboard each and every trip. This is a week long working seminar where your divers will be honing their skills and not just an opportunity to log nine more dives.
Accommodations, transportation including air fare are not included in this cost. Rental gear (BCD, regulator w/computer, and wet-suit) are not included. The cost for rental gear is $7.50 per piece or $20 for the entire set. This cost is per charter.
The latest information can be found on our web site at http://www.konahonudivers.com/konaclassic.shtml
Hope to see you here,
John Haut
Operations Manager
Kona Honu Divers
