Kona Trip August

[Diver Lori]

What are you taking for seasickness? I'm assuming you are trying something, there's a simple solution to the vast majority of seasickness we see here and in 7-8 years of doing this I think I may have seen bonine taken on the proper schedule fail once, if ever.

Re-read my post. I was discharged from the Coast Guard for seasickness. They tried it all with me. Nothing worked. Dipenhydrinate, meclinzine, scopolamine, phenergan & ephedrine cocktail......nothing.

I've been diving for 16 years and the only thing that works marginally for me when diving is meclizine, but I still have to do my personal damage control with my buddy's help to make it while boat diving.

 

[Diver Lori]

Last August on the Kona Aggressor, water temps were 78 degrees F (briefly in shallow water) to 73 (Southpoint), with just about all the other dives at 75-76.

I, too, am a shooter, and took a custom fits-like-spray-paint 3mm full suit, 3mm Core Warmer, 3mm hood. At 5 dives per day, I'd added a beanie by the end of the first day, added the hood on the second day, was in it all (added the core warmer) at the end of the third day.

I was wishing I'd brought a dry suit like my wife did.

So if you're not moving around much, and generally a cold weanie like me, what you describe should be perfect.

All the best, James

Thanks James!

I just ordered a brand new 5mm hyperstretch today for this trip. I needed one anyway.

 

[aquachick]

Going to Kona? Looking for topside entertainment? Gotta check out Lulu's (Cirrhosis by the sea). It derives it's charm from the dollar bills tacked onto the ceiling and the beautiful view of the ocean. With the exception of the power lines, it's the best place to see the sunset, have a drink and grind on some ono pupu's. Oh, yeah, and the manta dive changed my life. We went with Big Island Divers. What a bunch of cool guys. Can't wait to go back!

P.S. Kona Brewing Company has the BEST gourmet pizza and smoothest Heffeweizen I've ever had. The downside is that it's too far from the wharf to walk.