Kaneohe Bay Sandbar Ocean Sports Adventure with Snorkel, Kayak, SUP & Live Music
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4.87Family of six
Reviewed by: Veronica, 2024/07/26Excursion to the Kaneohe Sandbar was so much fun. We booked the early session. Plenty of parking with the AM session. Check-in was easy. Staff were well organized and knowledgeable. My family of 2 adults and 4 children ages 11-14 had a blast. We had plenty of time to play on the kayaks, SUP and snorkel. We brought snacks and beverages onboard. Plenty of space to store our beach bag and small cooler.
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Activity Date: | 2024/06/27 |
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Everything was fabulous
Reviewed by: Darlynn, 2024/07/20We had an amazing time, it was a great experience for both of us, staff and musicians was very welcoming, thanks to the musicians guys for singing a birthday song for my man. It was a pleasure.
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Activity Date: | 2024/07/18 |
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Fun excursion. A must do while on the island
Reviewed by: Donna , 2024/07/13So much fun! The live music was on point. The crew made the trip fun and made sure everyone was safe while having a great time. Would highly recommend this excursion for all ages. We will definitely do this one again on our next visit.
Mahalo for your review & sharing your picture! We look forward to seeing you again. - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/06/21 |
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Beautiful views
Reviewed by: Nerea , 2024/07/11Awesome family time Very friendly tripulación very happy
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Activity Date: | 2024/07/09 |
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Wish the day would never end!
Reviewed by: Dominique , 2024/07/09This trip to the sandbar was excellent. The company has the day very well planned for guests so that you don’t have to worry about anything other than relaxing.
Here are all the pros:
Pick up and drop off from Waikiki available
Lunch provided
Paddle board and kayak use included
Nice sun deck set up
Friendly staff
Great music for the trip to and from
Overall, excellent experience and I’m glad I didn’t miss it.
Mahalo for your review & sharing your experience. We really love your picture! - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/06/27 |
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amazing day on the water, exceeded our expectations!
Reviewed by: nihal, 2024/07/07beautiful day on the sand bar with great music and organization with tons of activities included (kayaking, paddle board, snorkeling). felt very safe even with two small kids in the open ocean. highly recommend for families!
Mahalo for your review! - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/07/05 |
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Great Experience
Reviewed by: Ghosh, 2024/06/30One of the best experiences I have ever had. We have snorkeled and saw so many fishes. Like the crystal clean water and kayaking ., what else ., a complete package with live music and drink.
Mahalo for your review & beautiful pictures! - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/06/28 |
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Just book it! Amazing!!
Reviewed by: Vanessa , 2024/06/29Wow! What an awesome afternoon spent on the sandbar! The staff are wonderful, the location is breathtaking, the activities endless!! Just book it! You won’t regret it. Memories that I will treasure forever!
Mahalo for your review & sharing nice pictures! - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/06/27 |
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The best Kaneohe sand bar package ever!
Reviewed by: Shannon A, 2024/06/27Amazing sandbar experience! We did this before but this time, we had the best sandbar tour, service and music…. Very relaxing and roomy boat.. so glad they had a changing room and separate bathrooms. Best part was the Hawaiian LIVE music, and kayaking, paddle boarding and snorkeling.
Mahalo for your review & sharing your experience! - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/06/25 |
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Good water activities with music
Reviewed by: AZtraveller, 2024/06/13The overall experience with this activity is good. I would put outstanding if snorkeling was better. Kayaking, canoeing and boat rides experience with nice live music is awesome. Just little lack on snorkeling in my opinion.
Mahalo for your review! - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/06/11 |
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Must do
Reviewed by: Sand O, 2024/06/06An exciting adventure for all ages, lots of different activities and skill levels. I was happy to walk on the sand bar and relax on the floating platform while my young adult company enjoyed kayaking, volleyball, SUP and snorkeling. The crew was fantastic and even off the boat you could still enjoy the live music/tunes. Bring your own snacks so you won’t be hungry or buy from the mini store on the dock. We bought a bunch of breakfast items and they were delicious. I would absolutely book this again on our next visit… MAHALO
Mahalo for your review! There really is something for everyone to do at the sandbar. We look forward to seeing you again. -Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/06/04 |
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Reviewed by: Damian Young , 2024/06/06
♂️ the warmest people on Kaneohe Bay Sandbar Ocean Sports Adventure were filled with Love
Calvin one of the staff members gave me a full history lesson on the 100 year history on this part of the island the jazz band was amazing entertainment was fun I wound do it all over again well worth it
Mahalo for your review & pictures! We look forward to seeing you again. - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/06/04 |
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everybody loved it
Reviewed by: Jessie, 2024/06/03This was a really great package that the whole family enjoyed! Snorkelling was amazing and the banana boat was a blast. It was very comfortable that the boat stays docked so you can find shade, drinks, and any of the items you need throughout the time on the sandbar. Highly recommend!
We are very happy that your family enjoyed our tour. Mahalo! - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/05/21 |
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KBOS Sandbar trip
Reviewed by: Mel, 2024/06/02Will be doing this again next year for sure! Crew and the band were awesome
Mahalo for your review! We look forward to seeing you again. - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/05/31 |
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An experience of a lifetime!
Reviewed by: DC, 2024/05/13This was an amazing experience! My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed this activity. They provided beautiful live music and some ono doughnuts + beverages! The sandbar was absolutely beautiful!
We recommend to bring water shoes if you want to snorkel…or in general, they come in handy! And don’t forget sunscreen! Also another tip is if you plan to use an Uber/Lyft as transportation that you pre book prior for pick-up especially! Because we were told that people sometimes waited hours to be picked up from that location. We pre-booked and waited probably 15mins.
Mahalo for your review & sharing your experience! - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/05/02 |
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Boat and crew were great, but CHECK THE TIDE before you book!
Reviewed by: djslider, 2024/05/12The boat and crew were great. The snorkeling, not so much. Make sure you check the tide before you book! It's a sand bar and reef, so if the tide is out it will be too shallow to snorkel. We lost an hour of our two hours snorkel time waiting for the tide to come in, and when it did, it was still too shallow to snorkel over the reefs. And with all the ppl walking around stirring up the bottom, it was too murkey to see much anyway. Pretty mush a loss.
But did I mention the crew? Great music, helpful crew saved the day
Mahalo for joining our tour & kind words for our crew. We feel sorry for that you couldn't enjoy snorkeling at this time. -Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/05/09 |
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Don’t hesitate, book it!!
Reviewed by: Jamyprim, 2024/05/05I don’t usually leave reviews unless it’s a really terrible experience OR an AWESOME ONE! Let me just start by saying my group & I did this on Thursday and we booked to go back on Saturday!!! That’s how amazing the crew and the experience was! Worth every penny.
We had an 8 yr old and she was able to enjoy the water too it’s deff kid friendly.
You can take your cooler with beer, drinks and snacks. The water is crystal clear and only like 3-4 ft tall. Take cash to tip the crew and live band, they’re ALL so awesome!!
Big Mahalo! for joining our tour and your great review. - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/05/03 |
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Excellent crew, live music and a beautiful setting
Reviewed by: Jess from CA, 2024/04/20This was such a a fun time! The crew and musicians are what made it so good. They all exude the aloha spirit. The live music was such a a treat, they had really good rapport with our group and were so fun, and talented too. The crew was so wonderful and so nice.
The bay itself is a treasure, so so beautiful. The water is gorgeous, the mountains are stunning. They provide paddle boards, kayaks, snorkel gear, and volleyballs.
And the crew is very helpful with all of the gear and how to.use.it. I would recommend it!
Mahalo for your great review! - Team KBOS
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Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Activity Date: | 2024/03/26 |
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great family adventure
Reviewed by: Johnny, 2024/04/13This is the second time I come here on this adventure. Great music, captain on boat is a super nice lady. My family loved the experience, the juice and donuts are a great add on to your experience.
So glad we got to be part of your trip to Oahu. Mahalo! - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/03/20 |
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Great Excursion highly recommend
Reviewed by: Lynn Tran, 2024/04/07My hubby and I took our 9 and 5 year old on this Sandbar trip. It was a short boat ride out & the kids never got motion sickness.
Tour guide was very thoughtful and had a bunch of water toys for everyone, we had canoes, SUP, volley ball and various water sports stuff to go around.
It took 3-3.5 hours which is just perfect and right when we got tired it was time to head back.
The band playing music was very good and this is a nod to the singer as he was clearly a talent and easy on the eyes
This trip was great!! Just enough tabs priced reasonably oh and bring your own snacks & booze!! That was cool they let us pack our own munchies!
Mahalo for the review & sharing nice pictures! - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2023/07/29 |
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Anazing
Reviewed by: Jane Cabuco, 2024/04/06Excellent adventure with family!! Love the vibe and staff.
Mahalo!!!
Mahalo for your review. We love your picture! - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/03/15 |
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so much fun!
Reviewed by: Maika Frye, 2024/04/06This was such a fun excursion that my friends and I did in Hawaii! we all had so much fun and agreed it was the best thing we did our entire trip. They provide food and all the gear to snorkel or paddle board. The weather wasn’t the nicest when we went (cloudy) but we still had so much fun, and the staff was so nice!
Mahalo for your review! We are very happy that you enjoyed our tour. - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/03/16 |
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What a great last day of our vacation.
Reviewed by: Drew, 2024/04/05The music from Kalani was great on the way out to the sandbar. He was so nice, making sure he was delivering the best Ohana. The sandbar was amazing, if it hadn’t been so windy it would have been the perfect day. My son didn’t hesitate to get out on the kayak and SUP. The fish were breathtaking in the reef. We will definitely be back. The staff were so amazing and so ready to help out with anything. We loved it as a family.
Sincerely,
The Murray Family
Reno, NV
Mahalo for your review & kind words for our crew! We look forward to seeing you again. - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/04/03 |
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Love it
Reviewed by: Suki O, 2024/03/31Went for a morning tour with my parents and two of my kids, everyone love it!!!! They give you some bread to feed the fish so that we see a lot of fishes swimming around during snorkeling. They have lots other activities for you to play around, and the most best part is: all the staffs are super nice, and they SING GOOD!!!
Mahalo for your review & kind words for our crew! - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/03/26 |
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Amazing time on the sandbar
Reviewed by: Erin L., 2024/03/30I had such an amazing time. Not only was the sandbar and the bay gorgeous, the crew were so incredibly kind, friendly and helpful!
Mahalo for your review! - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/03/28 |
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An awesome experience!!!
Reviewed by: Quiana, 2024/03/19Great time, good people, beautiful views and an awesome experience!!!
Mahalo for your review & great pictures! - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/03/16 |
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Loved it! We had such a great time, only wish it was longer
Reviewed by: Sarah, 2024/03/16Loved this trip! My group and I had the BEST time. Loved the floating platform for hanging out, having some drinks, dancing (we brought our own waterproof speaker).
Some of our group also liked trying the stand up paddleboarding (though noted the area you're allowed to go in is pretty small) and the snorkling.
Would definitely recommend for a big group, such an easy way to get everyone out to the sandbar and enjoy the stunning turquoise waters. We did it as part of our wedding week with guests.
Mahalo for your review! - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/02/21 |
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Staff/crew were all awesome!
Reviewed by: Valerie Williams , 2024/03/16Although it was a very cloudy, overcast day, the staffing crew still made the trip a lot of fun.
Mahalo for your review & pictures! - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/03/14 |
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Need to see while in Hawaii
Reviewed by: Jason R, 2024/03/15Must see when in Hawaii it’s about a 20 minute boat ride out to the sandbar and there’s few companies have monopoly on it. However, they do make it enjoyable and relaxing. They have stand up paddle boards and kayaks for use but it’s only a small area you can go. This is just for relaxing and viewing Hawaii from a really beautiful location. Snorkeling isn’t the best because you’re only able to see a few fish. So what they could do better… selling or including drinks onboard. You have to bring everything with you although if you pay the fee you receive a bag of chips, a sandwich and juice/water. I didn’t like that we had to wear a life vest to snorkel, but maybe it’s to protect the coral so you don’t stand on it. Other than that the live music was awesome and everyone had fun.
Mahalo for your review and pictures! Sorry for the life jackets, but Coast Guard requires each customer to wear life jackets during activities. - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/03/13 |
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Wonderful Snorkeling and kayaking experience
Reviewed by: Junsheng, 2024/03/14Embarking on the snorkeling and kayaking adventure at Sanbar was an unforgettable experience that truly encapsulated the essence of exploring nature's underwater marvels while enjoying the serene beauty of the open waters. The crystal-clear waters offered an unobstructed view of vibrant marine life and mesmerizing coral formations, making the snorkeling experience nothing short of magical. Each moment spent underwater felt like being in a different world, surrounded by a kaleidoscope of colors and life.
The kayaking segment of our adventure was equally impressive. Paddling through the calm waters with the sun casting a golden hue over the landscape was incredibly peaceful and allowed for a unique perspective of the Sanbar's picturesque coastline. The kayaks were well-maintained and easy to maneuver, making the experience enjoyable for both beginners and experienced kayakers alike.
What truly made the experience stand out was the exceptional guidance and support from the staff. Their expertise and passion for the marine environment were evident, as they pointed out interesting flora and fauna, ensuring we didn't miss any of the hidden gems beneath the waves or along the shore.
Overall, the snorkeling and kayaking experience at Sanbar is a must-do for anyone looking to immerse themselves in the beauty of nature, whether underwater or gliding on the surface. It's an ideal adventure for those seeking tranquility, excitement, and a deeper appreciation for the natural world.
Mahalo for your great review and beautiful picture! -Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2024/03/12 |
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We are so happy to know that you had an amazing time. Mahalo! -Team KBOS