VOLCANIC ISLANDS WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF MARINE LIFE

Dive with manta rays at night, explore underwater lava tubes or encounter Galapagos sharks. A liveaboard trip around the islands of Hawaii will not disappoint you.

The Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) from the island of Hawaiʻi in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll. 

Hawaii’s exploited position makes it a great diving destination, as you can encounter a lot of pelagic animals while diving including sharks and dolphins. Hawaii is also a nesting area for turtles and humpback whales to migrate here to give birth. The night dive with oceanic manta rays is known as one of the best dives in the world.

WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO GO TO HAWAII?

Hawaii can be dived year-round. The water temperature ranges between 24 and 27 degrees and reaches its peak temperature in September. To see the migrating humpback whales you should visit the islands between Dezember and March.

WHAT ARE THE BEST DIVE SPOTS IN HAWAII?

The Manta Night Dive isn´t about the dive site itself but about its encounter with the huge oceanic manta rays. It´s a once-in-a-lifetime experience that you should do when you are on Big Island. Divers kneel on the ocean floor at around 10 meters with a torch. The light attracts the gentle giants that can come very close to eat the plankton. This dive you will never forget.

Three Fingers are named by three lava pinnacles extending to about 100 feet out in the ocean. It offers crystal clear waters with visibility up to 60 feet. You can encounter wrasse, damselfish, turtles, morays and anthias.

The Blackwater Night Dive is another spectacular and extraordinary dive you can do in Hawaii. And once more it is not about the dive site itself as you will not see any reef at all. This dive happens out in the open sea, nothing around you but black water as this dive happens after dark. You will be tethered on a rope that is connected to the boat, so you can´t get lost. And the whole dive you will hang beyond the boat looking for weird small creatures that will come up from the deep to find food. These tiny creatures look like aliens and glow in all different colors, called bioluminescence. This spot in Hawaii is one of only a few spots in the world, where you can see these glowing critters.

Other great dive spots are the Molokini crater in Maui, Golden Arches in Big Island, or The Cathedrals in Lanai.

LIVEABOARDS IN HAWAII

The Kona Aggressor is the most famous liveaboard cruising around the Hawaiian Islands and on this trip, you will dive all the famous dive spots around Kona including the manta ray night dive.