Kona

★★★★★ (379)

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

Top Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

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Reef Manta Ray
91 Sightings
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Moray Eel
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Green Turtle
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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
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Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl

Octopus
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Wrasse
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Spinner Dolphin
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Tobias Friedrich

Bottlenose Dolphin
6 Sightings
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Alamy/Fiona Ayerst

Tiger Shark
6 Sightings
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Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek

Butterfly Fish
44 Sightings
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