Snorkel the most popular and beautiful
spot in all of Hawaii.

  There were several choices for my family of four, but glad I chose this one. The captain and the assistant were great. I enjoyed that this was a... read more smaller boat because I felt more individual attention. I am not a strong swimmer, but I felt safe in the water and the Captain always ask me by name how I was doing. After snorkeling with the dolphins, we spent the remaining time in the coral reef. Absolutely beautiful. A bonus was inclusion of a history lesson.

  Erica was the coxswain of our Zodiac and was excellent on all matters nautical and safety. The best thing of course was that she found, with a little bit of... read more help from the other five pairs of eyes on the boat, a pod of pilot whales, which we circled for an hour or so. I think she was as genuinely excited about seeing them as us landlubbers were. It was, all in all, a very rewarding trip out into the Pacific Ocean.

  Back in Germany and more than a week after the Dolphin Discovery tour my husband and I are still inspired by the adventure that our captains Erica and Liz... read more and about 3 dozens of dolphins that we snorkeled with, provided.
It was a pretty early trip to the bay, but the dolphins appeared again and again, accompanied us, and really seemed to like hanging around us and seems to amuse themselves with and about us and also came really close. I could hear their "singing and quacking" under water and had plenty of opportunity to play and "dance" around with them. Not only a fun encounter, but a simply awesome experience.

  Thanks to Captain Mike! He was awesome and very knowledgeable of the water. Right away about 15 minutes into trip we found dolphins! During trip we were able to see... read more several pods of dolphins swimming right by us, amazing! Also got to see whales on trip as our captain kept an eye out and spotted for us. We had a small boat so it was easy to navigate. Mike was great, super low key but also professional. Prepared us on what to see and how to be prepared. This isn’t Sea Life Park where dolphins swim up to you. This is real life environment and you get to see them playing on their habitat. Great trip!

  My daughter and I joined Our captain Mike and 3 4 others on a morning cruise to swim with dolphins and snorkel. Mike was a great captain and seemed to... read more love his job. With such a small group we were catered to and supported in swimming with dolphins respectfully and for snorkeling safely. It was a once in a lifetime experience that my daughter and I will never forget. Worth the money!

  I would like to start (this somewhat disappointed) review by acknowledging 2 things. First, I have (twice) previously done a dolphin snorkel with this company and it was terrific... read more both times. Second, the perceived success of the manta snorkel is going to be largely driven by factors beyond the company's control (how many mantas show up!). So, I am going to focus on the things that *were* in the company's control and were below par. 1) Despite having to fill out our sizes on the registration, they did not have a wetsuit top in my size. I was very cold in the water (shivering uncontrollably by the end) as a result and this definitely detracted from the experience. 2) Despite saying that hot drinks would be provided afterwards, there was not. It was just a brief goodbye as we all shuffled off the boat quietly (since the viewing was a bit disappointing and I think the crew knew it). 3) The guide was pretty disengaged - he didn't even ask us all our names, offered no information (beyond the standard few lines about the plankton being attracted to the hotel's lights) or show any interest in us as a group. 4) During the brief viewing opportunities the guide consistently put himself in a vertical position so that his body (and long fins) blocked most of the view for me. Added to the above is that there was only one manta and although she did several fly-bys, the viewing summed to probably no more than 2-3 minutes. Overall, this felt like poor value for money particularly in group of 3, it is a considerable sum, and the return on investment felt poor ($100 per adult to be shuttled 500 metres offshore and dropped in the water with not much "service" around it). I have done a manta snorkel in Kona (different company) once before and came away awe-struck - this time I was just cold and disappointed.