Kona Manta Ray Snorkel & Night Dive Tour at Keauhou Bay - Sea Paradise
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4.54
Mantas were amazing
Reviewed by: Jim, 2023/02/04Sea Paradise did a great job. We saw six mantas. I thought the boat trip would be a bit longer. Just a short ride out from shore. So it's not about sailing. But the mantas make up for it.
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| Activity Date: | 2021/11/07 |
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Nice experience!
Reviewed by: Hoomaikaiana, 2020/01/01Lovely time on a light board looking at Mantas. We saw three of these beautiful creatures and many other local fish. The underside of the ocean at night was amazing.
It is a bit chilly and the water can be choppy.
The mantas were not abundant or very close to us on the night we were out because of an anticipated swell the next day.
Great fun though and I will try again in the future.
Aloha,
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review. We are so happy to hear you enjoyed your time with us and were able to some underwater life, despite the choppy water. We hope you'll adventure with us again soon
Mahalo and hope to Sea you soon,
Sea Paradise
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2019/12/30 |
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Great tour
Reviewed by: Jess, 2019/11/17Lovely staff, great experience - didn't get to see as many manta rays as I had wished though, but overall would recommend for anyone coming to Kona to have this experience! :)
Aloha,
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review. We are so happy to hear you enjoyed your time with us and hope you'll come again.
Mahalo and hope to Sea you soon,
Sea Paradise
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| Activity Date: | 2019/10/22 |
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Hoped for better but overall a good time
Reviewed by: Steve, 2018/12/04Didn't see anything at the first spot unfortunately.
Saw a few mantas at a second spot which was cool.
It was great that the group has a significant discount for doing another outing with them so we also did the day snorkel adventure a few days later.
Thank you for taking the time to review your manta tour. We are happy you got the opportunity to see them and took advantage of the multi-trip discount.
We hope to get the chance to serve you again. Aloha!
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2018/12/01 |
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Interesting but very commercial
Reviewed by: Mic, 2018/05/19It was great seeing these amazing creatures but this is not so much a see the great manta ray in nature as much as it is a highly commercialized, 'we've figured out how to give you a manta-ray petting zoo experience'. They boat you out, extend a floating ladder with lights (to attract plankton), and then have you float and hold onto the ladder as the rays swim below you. They do come very close to you (and may brush against you) as they eat the plankton. Pretty neat for the first several passes but since you are surrounded by other boats doing the same thing with their own floating ladder-like structures the rays will spend their time with whomever has the brightest lights. After about :30 minutes of this people start getting bored and getting back on the boats. It was fun and interesting and glad we did it but not really "swimming with the rays".
Thank you for taking the time to write a review. We're glad you found it fun. Being stationary at the surface of the water is the safest way for us to view the rays.
Mahalo
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| Activity Date: | 2018/04/26 |
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Loved it!
Reviewed by: Neera Iyer, 2017/12/29This was a last minute booking so we were glad to get it. We did the 7:45-9:45 PM night tour. The set up is pretty standard. The crew was experienced and knew what to do when didn’t find rays at the first spot. We were towed gently to where we saw two! We had a couple of screamers which was a bit annoying but that apart, terrific trip
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| Activity Date: | 2017/12/26 |
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Super Cool
Reviewed by: Larissa, 2017/02/21Totally awesome experience, did the moonlight snorkel with the manta rays. The crew was awesome it was a nice small size of 6 people and such a great experience. They swim so close to you and are so incredibly cool
Thank you for taking the time to review your trip. We are so happy to hear you enjoyed the manta tour. Hope to be able to serve you in the future.
Aloha,
Sea Paradise
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| Activity Date: | 2017/02/13 |
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Manta Ray Spectacular
Reviewed by: Keith, 2015/10/17A fantastic experience,the mantas come as close as the say! A great tour with experienced helpful guides.
Aloha and thank you so much for taking the time to review your trip with us.
We are so happy you enjoyed yourself and hope to see you again soon.
Mahalo!
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| Activity Date: | 2015/09/17 |
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Gotta try this!!
Reviewed by: Mike B, 2014/11/17This was truly a unique experience that should be done once. It is kind of creepy being out in the open ocean at night, but that is the exciting part and of course the Manta Rays will not disappoint. After about 25 minutes in the water you've seen enough, but definitely a thrilling 25 minutes.
Mahalo for taking the time to write a review. Were glad you had a good time.
Sea Paradise
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| Activity Date: | 2014/10/23 |
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wonderful event
Reviewed by: blessed, 2014/08/04this is my second manta snokel.
3 yrs ago, I did it at hulakai.
Even though at that time, I had no manta encounter,
I think there is no difference between sea paradase and fairwind.
Steps of sea paradase seems to be more informative. I though.
Thank you for taking the time to write a review. We are happy you enjoyed the trip.
Mahalo! A Hui Hou
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| Activity Date: | 2014/07/07 |
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Aloha Jim,
Mahalo for taking the time to leave us a review. We do offer a shorter boat ride for those who are prone to getting sea sick/don't want to be on the boat for too long. We are happy to hear you enjoyed your manta tour.