Bubbles Below Scuba Charters, Kauai
Boat Dives
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.
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
South Shore
Dive Site Detail
Click Here To Make Reservations
Niihau &
Lehua Dive Site Detail
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