Kona
★★★★★
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Kona, located on the Big Island of Hawaii, has truly world-class diving, with vibrant reefs, cavernous lava tubes, majestic manta rays, fish and inverts galore, and the occasional “big animal” encounter. Kona is located on the more popular, drier, western side of the island and offers diving to suit every level.
Kona boasts amazing macro life like nudibranchs, crabs, tiny reef fish, and eels as well as amazing large wildlife like green sea turtles, manta rays, eagle rays, dolphins, and whales.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
iStock-crisod
116 Sightings
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4
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6
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9
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8
M
15
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12
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9
A
10
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13
O
7
N
8
D
15
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
95 Sightings
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9
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6
M
17
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13
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4
J
4
J
4
A
9
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7
O
2
N
6
D
14
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
35 Sightings
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0
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0
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11
A
6
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0
J
3
J
2
A
0
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6
O
3
N
1
D
3
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
32 Sightings
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0
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0
M
10
A
2
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0
J
3
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0
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0
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4
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2
N
2
D
9
iStock/Divepic
Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
30 Sightings
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5
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2
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0
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2
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3
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0
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0
A
4
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0
O
4
N
4
D
6
iStock-stephnea
Spinner Dolphin
15 Sightings
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3
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0
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2
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0
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0
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0
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0
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3
O
1
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0
D
6
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 600
iStock/ultramarinfoto
Wrasse
14 Sightings
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2
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4
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5
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
O
0
N
0
D
3
Tobias Friedrich
Bottlenose Dolphin
7 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
A
0
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0
J
0
J
0
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0
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0
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1
N
2
D
4
Alamy/Fiona Ayerst
Tiger Shark
7 Sightings
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0
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0
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3
A
0
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0
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0
J
3
A
0
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0
O
1
N
0
D
0
AdobeStock-Magnus
Humpback Whale
4 Sightings
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0
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4
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0
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0
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0
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0
J
0
A
0
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0
O
0
N
0
D
0
Alamy/National Geographic Image Collection
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
3 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
J
0
J
0
A
0
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0
O
0
N
0
D
3
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 27
iStock-Global_Pics
Barracuda
3 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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3
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0
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0
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0
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0
