Your lighting should consist of a strobe on each side of your housing, with a video light next to each strobe, using triple ball clamps. It is important to get as close to the large light on the sea bottom as possible. For imaging, the trick is to get one of the “dancers” to leave the “stage” and come in close to you. Sitting on the sea floor with a large group, while watching the mantas dance in front of you, feels like being at a ballet show instead of being on a dive. The guides want all the divers to have negative buoyancy and sit or kneel down on the sand. The dive guides position the hordes of divers in a circle around the large light on the sandy sea bottom. With all this light and the crowd, it is like doing a night dive in Times Square in New York City! Snorkelers hold on to the floats to watch the show from the surface. Usually, there are floats with lights pointing down. The dive operator deploys a large light on the sea bottom, pointing up. Both Aquatic Life Divers and Jack’s Diving Locker do not overbook, and both have comfortable boats with room for photo gear. Even if you normally avoid this kind of diving, it is worth putting up with the crowd to get fascinating images. The boats are usually crowded with divers and many go to the same location. There are many operations that run manta night diving and snorkeling trips. At night, light attracts the zooplankton, and the plankton attracts the mantas. Mantas swim with their mouth open and take in large amounts of zooplankton. Just like all manta rays, they are filter feeders. This is the second largest species of mantas and can have a fin span of up to 5.5m (18ft). They spend their lives in the coastal waters of Hawaii. These are reef mantas and, unlike other species, these mantas do not migrate. For a single dive, a minimum of 12 hours is suggested.The manta rays in Kona waters belong to the Mobula alfredi species. Find Answers To Frequently Asked Questionsįlying or Driving to Altitude After Diving: For multiple dives per day or multiple days of diving, a minimum surface interval of 18 hours is suggested before flying or driving to altitude. Manta Dive Experts:Many of our staff at Jack's Diving Locker are PADI Manta Ray Diver Specialty Instructors or certified Manta Naturalists through Hawaii Community College in collaboration with Manta Pacific Research Foundation. This exclusive PADI Specialty Course authored by Keller Laros is only taught at Jack's Diving Locker! Oct 1-Mar 31: 3:00 pm (call after 6am on trip date for meeting location)Īdd more to your manta experience by upgrading to the PADI Manta Ray Diver Specialty Course. Call to inquire.)ĭays: Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday (on request as available)Īpr 1-Sep 30: 3:30 pm (call after 6am on trip date for meeting location) Private Guide: $300 plus tax plus cost of trip (Limited availabilty. Includes 2 guided snorkels, mask, snorkel, fins, wetsuit, sandwich/juice/water Includes 2 guided dives, tanks, weights, light, sandwich/juice/water ( Rental gear available) If you join us for at least 5 trips you will be automatically enrolled in our Mahalo Club and receive 10% off all future trips! We are now offering new and improved discountsfor many of our repeat guests. Observe in awe as Kona's famous Manta Rays glide in from the darkness to feed on the microscopic plankton attracted to your light.Ĭertified Divers: $229 plus tax (No hidden booking fees, harbor fees, or fuel charges) Then, after dark, you descend into darkness and in the beam of your light watch the nightlife come alive. Come up from your dive or snorkel to enjoy a beautiful Hawaiian sunset, relax, and have a bite to eat. Experience our famous Manta Night Dive & Snorkel trip in Kona, Hawaii for an unforgettable encounter during two dives!įirst, explore the reef and visit the colossal colony of swaying Garden Eels as the sun begins to fade.
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