There are two main locations for viewing the manta ray at night, one is a small cove near the Sheraton, and the other one is just off the shore just South of the Kona Airport, Some of the tours may take you to either site, depending on number of rays that show up the previous night. On our particular night,... More

Our dolphin/manta ray snorkeling trip was one of our vacation highlights! We spent the day with Carl & our snorkel guide, Jessica. They both did an awesome job and allowed us to see well over 100 dolphins that day & several manta rays. An amazing trip...highly recommended! More

We opted to try both of these tours with Coal Reef Snorkel due to how awesome they sounded and the high reviews on Tripadvisor. I echo those ratings as we had a great experience with Ron Gittins and mate Natalie on both trips. My wife was scared of doing the Manta Ray trip - the idea of being in the... More

Only four of us for the dolphin swim with Carl and Natalie. We saw quite a few dolphins but there were about ten boats doing the same. The dolphins did swim by us, but they were pretty shy that day. Carl and Natalie were great. Just before we headed back, a large group of dolphins came up to the bow... More

Kitt, Jan and Shelly were exceptionally friendlly, helpful and knowledgeable. I had never snorkeled before and decided to take a chance and jump into the water with such little experience except how to swim. By the end of the trip, I was video taping my adventures in the water (my own equipment). The crew were patient and well versed on... More

fantastic coral and clear, beautiful water with LOTS of colorful coral. Easy free diving. More

We did the manta ray excursion first. It was an awesome experience and a must do. Coral reef was the last boat to arrive which was great as it gets choppy on the boat. We were also the first to leave which was perfect. We had over 30 manta rays on our night and they got unbelievably close. Yes the... More

We had an absolute blast snorkeling with the manta rays at night! Within 5 minutes of being in the water, I told my husband that this was worth the price of the flight to HI! It's truly amazing to see these beautiful creatures right in front of your eyes. You hold onto a ring flat out, like Superman, and yet... More

I can keep this short and maybe sweet. We did dolphin snorkel...family of 5. We saw lots of other tour operators out on the water doing the same...popular activity. Captain Ron was very focused on "doing better" and finding ways to show my family a great time. So while other operators remained fixed in 1 location, Captain Ron continually went... More