Kona Honu Divers, Inc.

Kona Honu Divers is a PADI 5 Star Dive Center on the Big Island, and it wears its reputation proudly: divers rated it Best in the Pacific in the Scuba Diving Magazine Reader's Choice Award, with over 5,000 five-star Google reviews. With 15 PADI instructors and a crew carrying more than 60,000 dives of cumulative experience, safety sits at the heart of everything they do.

Courses and diving

Whether you're starting out or sharpening your skills, the course lineup covers the PADI Enriched Air Diver (from USD 255), the PADI Open Water Diver Course, PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy, and the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver. Enriched Air certified divers enjoy free nitrox, and there's no rush to surface — you're welcome to dive your tank for as long as your air lasts.

Beneath the surface, expect encounters with sharks, whales, turtles, ocean fish, rays, eels, molluscs, corals and more. With comfortable boats, well-maintained Atomic regulators and Bare wetsuits, an onsite classroom, retail shop and free Wi-Fi, it suits everyone from first-timers to serious divers logging multiple charters.