Comments on The Right Blue: Diving at Puako: There's no place like home

Bobbie and Jerry:

We come to Puako once a y...

2008-03-24T18:18:00.000-10:00

Bobbie and Jerry:

We come to Puako once a year and stay at in a house about 3/4 of the way down Puako road toward the end. We are avid snokelers and tide poolers but have had some not so good experiences getting in and out of the water around pole 120 wondering if you have any hints or other spots we might try. We will be back for 2 weeks late april, early may 2008.

Hello Andrew - Welcome to The Right Blue. We can ...

2008-01-19T14:16:00.000-10:00

Hello Andrew - Welcome to The Right Blue. We can probably help you out with whatever info you need for shore diving at Puako. Why don't you click on the "Contact" tab in the header of The Right Blue and leave us your email address so we can contact you privately.

Bobbie & Jerry

I am planning a dive trip to the big island the we...

2008-01-18T10:22:00.000-10:00

I am planning a dive trip to the big island the week of May 10th-17th 2008. I have been pouring over all the information I can get my hands on regarding shore diving along Kona coast, including the sites up a little further north.

My parents and I have rented a condo for the week in Waikola Village (the inland part, not directly on the ocean), and because of our "home base" location, I have zeroed in on the Puako dive area as a potential location to plan multiple shore dives; including night dives, the week I am vacationing there.

It would be so amazing to get ahold of some of the maps of the reef you have drawn before my trip.

I am so curious about the shore diving off the big island, and I want to learn as much as I can about it before I travel.

I am thinking about picking maybe one or two dive sites and concentrating my diving at only a few locations to dive all week in one spot in order to really get to know a few sites well. Puako seems to fit the bill, with the potential to even dive the whole week at this one location. The only concern seeming to be from the afternoon winds that some people have commented on, which can allegedly make shore entry/exit a bit hairy at times...

Any chance I could get my hands on any of your maps?

Any words of wisdom for someone who only has 6 days of diving to do on the big island?

I have a pair of high preasure steel 119's, but there is no way to take them on the plane with the rest of my gear, so I hope to identify a good dive shop that possibly rents quality steel tanks w/nitrox fills. Any hopes of achieving that? It appears all the dive shops that advertise to tourists only rent out the common alum 80s - I have gotton so spoiled with the superior buoyancy characteristics and longer profiles that the 119's provide, that I hate to resort to the alum 80s unless thier the only tanks available...

antibarbie -

I hope you get to try diving s...

2007-10-04T08:56:00.000-10:00

antibarbie -

I hope you get to try diving some time, since you say it is always something you wanted to do. Hang in there: It's never too late!

Bobbie

You know, the more I read your blog, the more jeal...

2007-10-04T05:33:00.000-10:00

You know, the more I read your blog, the more jealous I get! Diving is something I've always wanted to do and every time we have enough money saved to go someplace where I'd see more than old tires and medical waste underwater, something really bad happens and the funds poof out of existence.

Looking at those pictures makes me ache to go visit. Maybe I can hide in someone's luggage? heh heh heh