Kona Aggressor II

The Kona Aggressor is a 79ft (24m) catamaran liveaboard, built and powered for comfort, safety and stability and certified by the U.S. Coast Guard. Big Island, Hawaii has been an Aggressor liveaboard destination since 1989 so you can be sure you are diving with experts in the area on your 7 night trip around Kona Island. With a maximum of only 14 guests on board you can also expect plenty of personal attention from the 6 crew.

The Kona Aggressor II has a spacious saloon and a sun deck with shading, chaise longues and deck chairs, bar and grill. Diving amenities include freshwater rinse showers, camera tables, and nitrox. All dives are made from the mothership. The sun deck features a moon deck bar with seating, lounge and deck chairs, stereo and CD player, shaded wet bar and grill. This is a great place to watch the changing, rugged coastline of Kona Island.

You will awaken to fresh fruits, hot entrees, cereals and juices. Lunches are buffet-style, featuring hot soups, salads and sandwiches and/or entrees. Dinners are served each evening with complimentary local beer and wine. They include salads, vegetables, seafood, beef or chicken with a fresh homemade dessert. As with all Aggressors, the last night is spent in the port and dinner is enjoyed at a recommended restaurant. If you want to dive with the experts in Hawaii in the safety and comfort of a high quality liveaboard trip then Kona Aggressor II is the one for you.

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Dive experience: All qualified scuba divers may join these Hawaii liveaboard cruises. There are no extra requirements.

Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, drinking water, soft drinks, hot drinks, local beer and wine, dives (as detailed in the trips above), experienced English-speaking divemaster(s) (max 14 divers to 1 DM), tanks, weights and weightbelts.

Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Scuba equipment rental, restaurant meal on final evening, transfers to the boat from the airport/hotel/port. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (credit card only).

Optional extras: Alcoholic drinks (other than local beer or wine), nitrox fills for enriched air certified divers, torches, diving computer, dive insurance. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival.

How to get there: You should aim to arrive at Hawaii's Kona International Airport on Saturday. Some major airlines fly direct into Kona such as Hawaiian Air, Delta and United. Otherwise you can fly into Honolulu and connect to Kona. On arrival take a taxi from outside the baggage area to the downtown pier in Kailua-Kona, 20 minutes from the airport.
Arrival/Boarding/Departure: Boarding takes place between 17:30 and 18:00 hrs on Saturday afternoon at Kailua Pier, Big Island, departing to anchor that night before diving commences on Sunday morning. The liveaboard boat returns to the pier after lunchtime on Friday, with checkout being Saturday morning at 8:00 hrs. You will be assisted with transfers to Kona airport or nearby hotels. The Friday evening meal is taken at a local restaurant and is not included in the price.
The last dive of the cruise will be at around 12 noon on the second last day of the trip. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving.

Non-diver rate: US$ 200 off the full published price (does not apply to specials).

Single supplement (if you do not want to share accommodation): This is optional - single travelers may choose to share a cabin or pay a supplement of 65% of the normal published price.

Dive clubs and group discounts: Pay for 7 guests and 1 additional person can join the cruise in the Standard cabin free of charge (total 8 or more guests).

Whole boat charter rate (per night): Pay for 12 guests and 2 additional persons can join the cruise free of charge (total 14 divers).

Kona Island & Hawaii (8 Days / 7 Nights - 27 Dives)

Trip highlights: whale sharks, dolphins, manta rays, whales, seals/sea lions, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving

Dive sites and activities: Turtle Pinnacle, Shark Fin Rock, Amphitheater, Lion's Den, 3 Room Cave, Paradise Pinnacle, Au Au Crater, Tubastrea Tunnel, Catacombs, The Maze, Black Coral Forest and Rainbow Reef

Day 1
You will need to hire a taxi from Kona International Airport since the Kona Aggressor II staff are not allowed to pick guests up at the airport. There are taxi's readily available at the curb in front of all baggage claim area's. The liveaboard operates out Kailua-Kona, on Big Island, Hawaii, a 20 minute drive from the airport. Boarding time is at 17:00 hrs, or you will have to call the yacht cell number in case you arrive early: a crew member will meet you at the end of the pier to take your luggage to the yacht so you can shop and sightsee until boarding time. The yacht leaves port in the evening, while its guests are having dinner. Dinners are chef prepared and served each evening and include salads, vegetables, seafood, beef or chicken, with a freshly made dessert. Diving begins on the next day.

Days 2-7
Up to 5 dives per day, including night dives. Throughout the week you will dive the west and south sides of Kona. The Big Island's volcanic underwater topography is a diver's wonderland, with lava tubes, bommies, swim-throughs and huge craters that create a spectacular environment where you will find many indigenous species of butterflyfish. Spanish Dancers, turtles, mantas and frogfish will be some of the photographers' favorite subjects. Oceanic white-tip sharks, hammerhead sharks and large trevallies have been seen around the Au Au Crater, a submerged volcano crater with stunning walls that drop down to 20m.
Every dive starts with a dive briefing. However, as a certified diver, you and your buddy are responsible for planning and conducting your own dives within the limitations set forth by the briefing. The staff will be on the dive deck providing surface support for divers. Other staff will be in the water offering support and help you on finding critters. On some dive sites a staff member will offer to lead a group. However, they do not offer direct supervision of dives. You and your dive buddy may follow your own dive plan.
The menu aboard is varied and plentiful, with a variety of international feasts, barbecues and local cuisine. You will wake up to fresh fruit, hot entrees, cereals and juices. Lunches are buffet-style, featuring hot soups, homemade bread, salads and sandwiches and/or entrees. There will also be plenty of snacks served throughout the day.
Throughout the week there will be opportunities to go ashore for swimming, snorkeling and beach combing.
On Friday there will be 2 morning dives on schedule, then in the afternoon the liveaboard returns to port at around 13:00 hrs. You can disembark and go shopping and/or sightsee in downtown Kailua-Kona. A sunset cocktail party will be hosted on Friday evening. Dinner is not served on board, but the crew can recommend a restaurant and arrange transportation for you and the other guests.

Day 8
After a continental breakfast, you will depart for the airport at 08:00 hrs. If you are extending your stay, arrangements can be made for transportation to your local hotel.

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[Information is best estimate in ideal circumstances and subject to changes beyond our control. The itinerary is a guide only and may be adapted to best suit the weather, tides, currents, availability and other prevailing events. Price is for the cruise, not for an exact number of dives].

There are 5 Deluxe double/twin bed cabins (with a lower double bed and an upper single berth) on the main deck and 1 Standard 4-share cabin with 2 sets of twin bunk beds on the lower deck. All cabins have en-suite bathrooms. The 4-share room has a TV and DVD player.

All the cabins have: No. of bathrooms / showers - 7 / 8 - hot water

Customer reviews:

"Great accommodation and great crew, we have really enjoy the week on that side." - Marcel Gaborel, South Korea, 3 February 2020 ...