![]() We typically give divers an additional few pounds of weight for this dive, but if you have trouble sticking to the bottom your divemaster can give you a rock to set in your lap. Divers wear small white LED tank lights for safety. For those with recent dive experience or for experienced night divers, the 1-tank manta ray night dive includes only the after-dark dive with the feeding mantas. Our Incredible Hawaiian Manta Snorkel Experience This is one of the amazing experiences that is very unique to the Big Island. The dive lasts between around 45 minutes. ![]() We'll make sure you're well taken care of and your divemaster will brief you on the boat regarding entry, dive profile, and exit. If this is your first night dive, awesome! The manta ray night dive is a super-easy night dive and perfect for your first. The manta dive works so well because we’ve learned to interact with these animals in a responsible, safe way. We can’t touch the animals! They have a protective mucus coating their bodies and human touch interferes with this protective layer, causing lesions and sick mantas. I was hoping for one manta ray and we ended up seeing 15-20 between the divers and snorkelers. The dive guides, Holly and Kenny, were phenomenal as was every member of the team. Diving with manta rays was a bucket list dive for me and it was absolutely spectacular. It is very important that divers stay on the bottom and snorkers stay as flat as possible on the surface, leaving the water column to the mantas. Had an absolutely fantastic dive with Manta Ray Dives of Hawai’i. The rays somersault above divers & below snorkelers until the last boats head back to harbor & the lights go out. Snorkelers have a very similar experience about 30’ above hanging on a floating raft with bright lights. Swim with these gentle giants and youll agree - there isnt a better night dive on the planet. Divers drop to the bottom and sit around the “fire” and wait for plankton & mantas. Our world-famous Kona Manta Ray Night Dive is a bucket-list item for any diver. Our divemasters place a crate of dive lights on the sandy bottom that we refer to as the “campfire”. ![]() We arrive at the manta site just before sunset, and spend time briefing about the animals and the dive while enjoying sunset. ![]()
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