Recommend a place on the Kona side for divers to stay?

[octoginger]

Which shop is it? "north of the airport"?
Most of the shops are in town and you check in once then meet at the boat daily. at the harbor north of town (but south of the airport) Several of the shops are in an industrial mall a little east of downtown. (Big Island, Kona Diving Co, etc)

Unless you're talking about Waikoloa or Kohala Coast Divers which are like 45mins. drive north of Kona so you'd want to find something up there.

I was going with Big Island and then decided on Kona Diving. Thank you for the advice!

 

[octoginger]

In town the King Kamehameha is a Courtyard by Marriott waterfront, The Kona/Kailua pier dive is out front. But Jack's Diving for tanks is far enough south you'd want to drive over.

Scuba Shore Diving Site Page for: Kailua-Bay of The Big Island, Hawaiian Islands

Thank you for the link to the shore dive page!

 

[grantwiscour]

Scuba Shore Diving Region: Hawaiian Islands

 

[diversteve]

My buddy dove all week with KDC and liked them a lot. If Kerry's husband is on the island, he may be willing to shore dive with you for free. They also do the Manta dive - although so does everyone else.

 

[octoginger]

Thanks to all for the Kona advice! Had a great week of diving with Kona Diving. I'd planned to do some shore diving but ended up doing boat dives with them all week. I think I had 5 or 6 different dive masters throughout the week and I liked them all! Best sightings were a Monk seal, mantas, mating octopus and a few reef sharks. I hope to go again early next year.