Quick Details
BUCKET LIST DIVE!
Duration: Approximately 12 hours
Availability: Typically offered on Wednesday and Saturday; however, we often can put together charters on other days with a party of six or more. Please inquire.
Times: Meet at the Port Allen Small Boat Harbor for a 6:30AM check-in for gear needs and briefings before the ride to The Forbidden Island!
Certified Divers: $425
Snorkelers/ Ride Along: $350
Call for Military & Kama’Aina Discounts
Read restrictions below.
*Note: divers must bring certification app or other verification
Fall in love with the diversity of life and topography Ni’ihau and Lehua Crater have to offer the intrepid diver!
Monolithic lava formations provide for an array of habitats. Ni’ihau has the most amazing labyrinth network of lava tubes in the state. The mouths of the tubes are 100 feet wide and extend back 150 feet+, only to drop into another passageway. We do not venture too deeply into them but for sure introduce you to them and the life within them!
This topography is sure to blow your mind. It is the only dive destination in the world where you have an excellent chance to swim with the most endangered marine mammals in U.S. waters, the Hawaiian monk seal. Get your picture taken at The Lehue Crater Keyhole as your claim to fame from this destination dive!
Click here to read about our Ni’ihau dive sites.
What’s Included
Charter includes: two full tanks of 32% nitrox and 1 tank of air, weights, pastry and fresh fruit breakfast as well as 2 lunches, the “sin bin” of snacks and unlimited cold non-alcoholic beverages, marine ecology tour, snorkeling opportunities.
Snorkelers/riders along are welcome, though they should understand that the underwater portion of the charter is all about the diver’s safety, so snorkeling options are present but limited. It’s worth the travel to see the grains of sand on the bottom move in the current at 80′!
Nitrox package available – If you are not certified in nitrox, don’t worry! An introduction is available for a small fee or we can get you certified.
What to Bring
Please bring beach attire, and remember to wear reef safe sunscreen and bring a hat and skin covering as well as sunglasses!
More Info
Ni’ihau is considered advanced diving due to its remoteness and the potential diving conditions. Buoyancy control, underwater navigation, and knowledge of drift diving are mandatory. We ask that you at least have a snorkel with you or rent one from us during your dives. While we take your safety very seriously, we cheer for these amazing encounters, laugh at the teams dad jokes, and have a grand day!
It is always a weather dependent trip with a 33-mile crossing, the 14 miles up and 17 miles across the Kaulakahi Channel taking 2 hours in the morning and 2.5 hours in the afternoon. We book year round and do the “Mother Nature Be Nice To Us” Dance in hopes of going when the mantas are courting and the humpback whales are numerous.
Our group size is small — eight divers on Kaimanu makes us the original for intimacy and safety. With so few of us getting in the water, often times marine mammals, fish, and elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) come right up to us while watching the micro nudibranchs. With proper diver etiquette advised in advance, divers get fantastic photo opportunities found at no other time. The charter is a marine ecology tour, and your under water tour guide is with the group at all times pointing out rare species.
The adventure is all about you and your encounters, and we try to put you in the right place at the right time. Snorkeling during the surface intervals can give you visions of a lifetime, and that’s what we try to do for you! Snorkelers / Riders can get on this day adventure but it is about the diver, call for more information.
Restrictions
- No divers under the age of 15. Anyone under the age of 15 needs to call.
- No one under the age of 8 can board the boats due to insurance regulations. Call for questions about young children.
- Diver’s must have at least 20+ dives and been in the water recently with drift diving experience and buoyancy control to dive Ni’ihau . If not, they can do a two tank local or Koloa Landing Shore Dive prior for check out dives.
- Due to high-risk concerns for your unborn child and insurance liabilities, Bubbles Below discourages any pregnancy on board. For more information read our FAQ statement.
