One of the most exhilarating excursions a visitor to Kona can experience is a snorkel/swim encounter with Hawaii's spinner dolphins.  Our dolphin encounters are designed to place you in the water in the vicinity of a pod of spinner dolphins to observe them in their natural habitat.   This is a thrilling experience and some have said it can be a very spiritual and life changing event.  Dolphin Swims are morning charters and will last approximately 4-5 hours. Fruit, pastries, bottled water and soft drinks are provided.    

     Our adventure begins with a boat briefing and orientation at 7:45 a.m.  We will travel north along the Kona Coast until we come upon a pod of dolphins.  After a period of observation to see behaviors the dolphins exhibit, if it looks good for a swim, we will gear up and slip into the water. 

     During the months of December to April, it is not uncommon to observe Humpback whales and their calves.  The permanent resident mammals along the Kona Coast include Pilot whales, False Killer Whales, Pigmy False Killer Whales,  Beaked Whales, Spotted  and Bottlenose dolphins.  Mellonhead Whales and occasionally, Sperm Whales and a Whale Shark is spotted are spotted near shore.

  Note:  Because we are visitors in a vast, natural and wild environment, subject to whale and dolphin migration, feeding, resting, and courting behaviors , we cannot guarantee their sighting.   While every effort will be made to locate these sea mammals, no charter refund is made in the event we are unable to locate  dolphins or whales.  We have about a 95% success rate at locating the dolphins.   Swimming near, with or having a close encounter with dolphins is entirely of the dolphins choosing.  We do not chase, harass, feed, entice with food, or in any other way attempt to alter their normal behavior.  It is against the law to do so.