Bubbles Below Scuba Charters is among the top boat diving operators in Hawaii, specializing in quality, marine ecology tours of Kauai and Niihau

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Bubbles Below Scuba Charters, Kauai Hawaii
Quality Boat and Shore Dives Of The Garden Island, Niihau and the Napali Coast of Kauai, Hawaii
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Kaimanu, Seabird, in Hawaiian is a 35ftX9ft. custom built Radon Dive boat. She is very stable, roomy, and easy to dive from and get back into. She also has a dry, shaded cuddy area forward, a fresh hot water shower, and an on-board head. A camera can be showered off with fresh water or, if you prefer, with advance notice we will bring a wet bag for you. Our toll free number is the same as the vessel’s name 1-866-KAIMANU

Seabirds are commonly sighted as we travel to dive sites. Boobies, frigates and tropic birds add their graceful flights to our ocean scenery which also includes many marine mammals. The humpback whales migrate to Hawaiian waters every winter, while we have different species of dolphins some are also migratory, but we also have resident Hawaiian Spinner dolphins. These smaller dolphins are typically seen from the boat year round. Or, come in the winter and listen to the humpback’s song, sometimes the audio portion of the dive equals the visual!

Kauai Dives

Bubbles Below offers dives on the south and west shores of Kauai and also dives to the island of Niihau and Lehua Crater. Diving along the south shore is awesome and abundant. Divers should not miss out on Kauai diving as it is home to many Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles, population: A LOT! Kauai boasts a “senior” population of turtles with many individuals 300lb.plus! This is one of the truly unique visions that Kauai diving gives. From sharks to shrimps, our dive sites will keep you entertained and using your camera. Frogfish, pregnant male pipefish, lionfish, white tip reef sharks and large schools are typical visions.

We tend to offer Kauai dives as drift dives and yet we will still give you an anchor line to ascend up. This enables us to travel one direction down the reef line which gives great chances at more encounters with a larger variety of marine life. Or, if the divers prefer to stay stationary, we will use a mooring site. We feel that a dive plan on any given day is up to the divers on that dive charter. On Thurs. we offer our 2 tank twilight/night dive which is very critter intensive!Meeting between 4:00pm and 4:30pm depending on the season, we first dive at the crepuscular timeframe which is the “changing of the guard” on the reef. You will see lots of jacks cruising, looking for a quick bite, while many species are busy broadcast spawning. Later, we get a night dive filled with the night’s activities of sleeping parrotfish cocooned in a mucus sack and Spanish Dancer nudibranchs abound.

Niihau/Lehua Crater

During the months of May thru Sept. the north and west swells which pound the Hawaiian north shores subside. This enables us to travel to Niihau, Lehua Crater, and also Mana Crack on the northwestern shores of Kauai.

We were the first to offer dive charters to Niihau and Lehua Crater starting back in 1984.The diving is truly world class diving, with beautiful vertical walls, unbelievable huge caverns, large black coral trees, and a great abundance of marine life. There is an excellent chance that you will see Hawaiian Monk Seals here, which has the distinction of being the most endangered marine mammal in the USA. Schools of grey reef sharks and white tip reef sharks are usually present as well as we have seen a great variety of pelagic species of sharks. The channel crossing is a trip all on its own, and through the years we have had sightings of sperm whales, pilot whales, rough toothed dolphins, bottlenose, killer whales, and false killer whales. The channel crossing takes 2 hrs. to get across and usually 2.5hrs. to return against the wind. Many consider this the roughest ocean crossing they have ever done. Seasickness is a real issue due to the nitrogen levels incurred thru the day of diving, and then dehydrating yourself on the way home.

We are offering this 3 tank trip on Wed. and Sat. meeting at 6:45am. There are no anchor lines here. This is for experienced divers only with recent diving experience, due to the strength of the currents, and potential roughness of the water. We are requesting that divers dive with us prior to a Niihau charter so divers can learn our drift diving techniques and we can assess diver’s abilities. Depth ranges for Niihau charters are as follows: 1st dive 100-50ft average: 80ft, 2nd dive 80ft-50 ft average: 60ft, 3rd dive 70ft-40ft. average 50s. Plan that you will need advance reservations.

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Bubbles Below Scuba Charter - The top scuba diving outfit for marine enthusiasts vacationing in Kauai, and the rest of the Hawaiian Islands.Welcome to Bubbles Below Scuba Charters Kauai Hawaii, your premiere scuba diving, snorkeling, and boat diving company on the tropical island of kauai hawaii in the hawaiian islands of hawaii. Scuba diving in Kauai can be fun, especially if you like to scuba dive here in Kauai, the Garden Island. Kauai is known as a scuba diving destination because scuba divers vising Kauai regularly. Here in Hawaii on Kauai, at Bubbles Below we enjoy scuba diving and snorkeling on Kauai as well as scuba diving and snorkeling for divers, snorkelers, and swimmers, particularly those that like to dive, scuba and snorkel in the kauai ocean and environment. Scuba diving is fun, and we like to see turtles, sharks, coral, fish, invertebrates, nudibranchs, crabs, mollusks, molluscs, eels, sting rays, manta rays, and shrimp. Along with this, we take video and photographs of reefs, reef, fishes, fish, inverts, invertebrates, lobsters, octopus, octopuses, octopi, and coral. Such videography and photography makes bubbles below well respected on kauai, hawaii, and elsewhere in the hawaiian islands. At Bubbles Below, we do videography on our dive boat Kaimanu to make videos of marine animals and plants and tourists. In fact, tourist divers enjoy diving with Bubbles Below to see fish and invertebrates swimming in coral reefs and sponges. Since we are in Hawaiian waters in Hawaii, Kauai, Ni'ihau, Niihau, and Lehua Rock, we do not see giant kelp, but we do see black coral in caverns and caves, and lots of pelagic animals in the blue oceanic ocean.

If you want to scuba dive with marine biologists who know about fish and invertebrate biology and oceanography of the ocean, then you should dive with Bubbles Below Scuba Charters of Kauai, Hawaii in the Hawaiian archipelago. You will be happy you dove with Bubbles Below Scuba Charters of Kauai. Our divers include Linda Bail and Linda Marsh, and they are experts in scuba diving and marine ecology and biology. The ecological and biological experience of scuba diving in the Hawaiian Islands includes the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Moloka'i, Molokai, Molokini, Lanai, O'ahu, Oahu, and Kauai. Also included would be Niihau, Ni'ihau, Lehua Rock, crater, Nihoa, Kaula, and Kohoolawe, also known as Koho'olawe.

Make no mistake, scuba diving on our dive boat, Kaimanu, on Kauai, Hawaii in the Hawaiian islands is a fun vacation for any scuba diver who likes to dive in coral reefs and see large pelagic fish, as well as large pelagics. Shark and turtle are always seen in Hawaii and the Hawaiian archipelago, and we often show sharks and turtles to tourists. Marine ecology is our focus because we like marine ecological biology. Tourists and divers like to tour and dive with Bubbles Below because they know they will see whales and dolphins. You may see a whale or dolphin jump above the ocean seawater, or you may see pilot whales, bottlenose dolphins, Hawaiian spinner dolphins, or false killer whales swimming underwater, as well as under water. Green sea turtles, greensea turtle, loggerhead turtles, and hawksbill turtle, are seen around the Hawaiian Islands. They eat algae in the shallow reef. Rodale's Magazine has ranked Bubbles Below many times as the best dive organization and company in the world.

Our divemasters and instructors are very knowledgeable of all marine life in Hawaii, and they are all certified NAUI or PADI instructors and dive masters. Kauai scuba diving is among the best, and scuba diving with Bubbles Below is a treat.

Monk Seal and whale with dolphin, shark, reef, coral, ecology marine biology in hawaii kauai dive scuba diving vacation, linda bail. Bubbles below scuba diving offers marine biology and ecology underwater diving adventures. We see Humpback whales, pilot whales, sperm wales, false killer whales, spinner dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, spotted dolphins and razor toothed dolphins are some of our marine mammals.

Hawaiian monk seals are the most endangered marine mammals in the u.s. The carribean monk seal is extinct. Other monk seals are extinct too. Marine mammals are cool and can be seen at Niihau and Kauai, Hawaii during your Bubbles Below Scuba Dive Adventure. Linda Bail shows sharks, monk seals, dolphins, whales while scuba diving giving marine biology ecology underwater tours at Niihau Kauai Hawaii. Hawaii scuba dive vacations should see turtles and sharks hawaiian green sea turtles, reef sharks, reef fish, coral, crab, shrimp, lobster, pelagic fish, are all part of Linda Bails marine biology and ecology underwater kauai hawaii scuba diving vacation.

Coral reef ecological systems are present so are algae ecological systems so diversity of fish invertebrates, coral, mnarine mammals, dolphins, whales, turtles, is great on Kauai! Napali coast, kauai hawaii dives, niihau caverns, lava tubes are big at niihau and scuba diving in them you see fish, sharks, coral sharks ecological system. This and more at Linda Bails Bubbles Below Underwater Scuba dive adventures!