Courses and Tours
Mahalo nui for looking at the diving options we provide. All dives are from the shores of Keaukaha in Hilo, Hawaii. Our current eco-tours with cultural activities involve some aloha aina (conservation and service work. be ready to get dirty) at one of the loko i'a (fish ponds) in the area. Ok? Regulators in. Let's dive... at least check out the diving!
PADI Discover SCUBA Diving - $325.00
If you want to try scuba diving, but you’re not quite ready to take the plunge into a scuba certification course, Discover Scuba Diving in a pool or pool-like environment followed by an open water dive. It’s a quick and easy way to find out if you like scuba diving.
PADI Open Water Diver $900.00
A scuba diving certification or ‘Open Water Diver certification’ allows you to dive anywhere in the world. Similar to driving a car, scuba diving requires specific knowledge, skills and training. A PADI Open Water Diver certification is your passport to underwater adventure.
PADI Advance Open Water - $900.00
The Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about advancing your skills. You'll practice navigation and buoyancy, try deep diving and make three specialty dives of your choosing (it's like a specialty sampler platter). For every specialty dive you complete, you can earn credit toward PADI® specialty certifications.
Here are a few of the many options: Deep, Digital Underwater Photography, Dive Against Debris, Dry Suit, Enriched Air Nitrox, Fish Identification, Night, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Search & Recovery, Underwater Naturalist, Underwater Navigation, and Wreck Diver.
PADI Rescue Diver - $900.00
The PADI® Rescue Diver course will change the way you dive – in the best possible way. Learn to identify and fix minor issues before they become big problems, gain a lot of confidence and have serious fun along the way.
Discover why countless divers say Rescue Diver is their favorite scuba course.
1 Tank Shore Dive - $145.00
Meet at Waiolena Beach Park for a gorgeous dive on Leleiwi. Enjoy honu (turtles), fabulous coral, and a gentle swim-thru. Approximately an hour and an half with setup and dive time.
2 Tank Shore Dive - $185.00
Join us at Waiolena Beach Park. There are so many ways to explore the space known as Leleiwi. A deeper dive first, followed by a mellow shallower dive. Honu, honu, honu everywhere. Cleaning stations. If it's the right time of year, the whales sing. Approximately 3 and an half hours.
1 Tank Advanced Dive - $160.00
Either Richardsons or Waiolena Beach Park. Push to further areas, explore deeper sites, drift across the wall, or find larger creatures! It takes a little more to do. Expect effort that has a beautiful payoff. Approximately 2 hours.
2 Tank Advance Dive $200.00
Find new depths and fascinating lava formations that can't be seen on land. Search the secret 'pyramid'. The best air consumption is required. Dives are deep and/or long. Your advanced open water is needed to ride this ride. Mahalo!!
Approximately 4 hours.
1 Tank Night Dive $165.00
We will be diving Leleiwi at Waiolena Beach park. Meet before dark to setup our gear, prep our lights and discuss the changes sites undergoes in the dark. Different, beautiful, and unseen in the day, many creatures will be surprising. Approximately 2 hours. Bring warm clothes for after.
2 Tank Twilight Dive - $220.00
Meeting a bit before dusk at Waiolena so we can dive Leleiwi, the opportunity to view the change from day to night is very special. It's a bit like rush hour, the fish head out deeper in the ocean to sleep like cars on the highway. Enjoy some hot coco between dives. Then we'll check out the reef in the dark. Approximately 4 hours. Bring warm clothes. East Hawaii can be cold.
1 Tank Dive with Eco-Tour - $200.00
Enjoy the regular 1 tank dive with the added pleasure of giving back to our community. Learn about our community, mo'olelo (history and story), loko i'a, and more followed by aloha aina (service work). Many loko i'a need some restoration. Your hana (work) is deeply appreciated. $30 for each person is donated to the conservation project.
2 Days - Eco-tour and 2 Tank dive - $400.00
Spend a day at a loko i'a (fish pond) help the local community connect to aina, history, and culture. Learn the mo'olelo (history) of the ahapua'a (land division). Ma Ka Hana Ke 'Ike. Through work, we learn. On day 2, filled with new knowledge, we explore the phenomenal corals of East Hawai'i. $30 for each person is donated to the conservation project.
1 Tank Dawn Dive - $175.00
Wakey, wakey, eggs and bacy? No, we're going diving. Arrive at Waiolena Beach Park dark and early. We want to get in the water as light peaks outs. Watch the reef wake up. The light will sparkle. It's worth the early alarm! Approximately 2 hours.
PADI Specialty Courses - $250.00
We offer many of PADI's specialty courses; deep, under water navigation, under water photography, search and recovery, equipment specialist, and more. 2 tank dive at various sites depending on the course selected. Approximately 5 hours.