Matt Zimmerman

Boat Diving Adventures in Hawaii

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Boat Diving Adventures in HawaiiIsland Divers Hawaii offers some of the best boat charters on the island!  You can choose from so many options you will not be able to do everything in one vacation.  You can always jump on our morning charters and dive over eleven wrecks that we visit throughout the week.  We are one of the only dive centers that do not go to the same two sites every day, and we give our customers the option to make requests on where they want to dive.
If you are an uncertified diver, you can do your intro to diving experience on our morning dive charter, “The Barge,” our sturdy beginner dive boat. For those just certified or even experienced divers who want to take it easy we offer afternoon dives to shallow reefs around the south end of Oahu. This is also a great charter for all those underwater Photogs out there. Sundays we go out for the whole day to different Drift and Wreck dives including a stop for lunch.  It’s a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
Island Divers Hawaii is one of the only Dive Shops that own their own boats in Oahu, so we are able to offer more diving options besides just the Southeast of Oahu. We have boats on the West side of Oahu, and we also offer tours that leave straight out of Kewalo Basin (downtown Waikiki).
Join us on the Westside for our Burger BBQ and Two Tank Dive. We take you to an amazing Navy Minesweeper shipwreck, lavatubes, and/or deep Coral ridges out of Waianae.  When you arrive back to the boat from the 2nd dive our crew has an amazing Burger BBQ ready for you on the boat!
In Kewalo Basin, we take you out weekly for dusk dives, night dives with a fireworks show, and Three Wreck Dives Saturdays.  We strive to offer you a plethora of amazing dives sites around the whole island.
Our tours do not end there..  We use our afternoons from the end of December to March to take our guests Whale Watching. The migration of the Humpback whales through Hawaii Waters is one of our extra special occasions we get to enjoy on the island.
There is so much Boat Diving to choose from here at Island Divers Hawaii, you just have to find a way to fit in all the Sea faring fun into one vacation. Call Island Divers and start your boat adventures today and see Oahu from all sides of the shoreline.

Matt Zimmerman

Professional Scuba Diving Instructors in Honolulu, Hawaii

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Professional Scuba Diving Instructors in Honolulu, HawaiiThere are many different characters in the diving industry, but who do you trust to take you in the water? How do you decide which Instructor is for you? If you are a new diver you want someone who is patient, experienced, and safety oriented.  If you are an advanced diver you want a professional that respects your independence while staying close by as a safety diver. Either way, you want above all, clear communication between you and your instructors, with detailed briefings on what you are about to do.

Whatever your skill level or pursuit is when finding a reputable dive shop with trusting and knowledgeable staff, the best place to look is the reviews of the shop and staff on websites like Trip Advisor or Google Reviews. Here are some reflecting different aspects of diving experiences taken straight from Island Divers Hawaii Customer reviews. This is the kind of Instructors you are looking for!

“The instructors are very professional and relaxed. They know when to have fun and when to be serious, which made the entire experience more enjoyable. I had a “near-death” incident happen 25 years ago that left me extremely claustrophobic and terrified of water. After explaining this to my instructor, he was able to help me to get re-certified and once again start diving after all these years.”

“This was also my first ever boat dive which made me a little more apprehensive on top of all my other fears. After the wonderful experience that I had with Island Divers Hawaii in receiving my Open Water Diver certification I have decided to work on becoming an instructor myself and I will be completing the rest of my training with Island Divers Hawaii. I would recommend Island Divers Hawaii to anyone wishing to learn to dive while they are in Hawaii whether they are a brand new diver, or those working through fears of diving.”

“The staff was professional and took into account the experience level of each diver.”

“The staff was extremely helpful and had a great attitude on our four dives over the past week in August on Oahu. Safety briefings were always done so we knew exactly what to do in the event of an emergency. We dived the Corsair, Baby Barge, and the Mahi wreck. All dives were explained in detail before we entered the water. We traveled from Idaho and these were our first dives in Hawaii so the communication was great when booking our dives as well.”

“Our dive masters. They were very great communicators: told everyone exactly what was expected, described the dive sites in detail, and listed the sea life before each site. Great to know! They also switched out our gear for us between dives and were very professional and clear.”

“Our dive master took great care of all the divers, made my boys comfortable throughout both dives.”

“…patient and great guides for the kids. They took their time and made sure the kids understood what they were getting in to. It made for a really great experience.”

“Their friendly staff was attentive to newer divers, while allowing more experienced divers freedom within NDL.”

Lauren Smith

How to Get a Scuba Dive in During the Week

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How to Get a Scuba Dive in During the WeekIt’s only Wednesday, and it’s already been a long week. If you need a way to relax, diving after work can be a huge stress reliever, and can help you get through the rest of your week.  It takes as little as 2 hours of your day, and you will leave feeling good as new!
Here at Island Divers Hawaii, we offer that therapeutic session with our Wednesday’s After Work Dive.  Join us around 5:30, and watch the sun go down as you enter the water for your one tank dive.  It’s not only a stress reliever, but an exploration adventure: a wreck dive!  You get to explore a sunken paradise, the Sea Tiger, in addition to the benefit of getting wet.
This is also a great opportunity to save you from rush hour traffic!  While everyone is crammed into 3 lanes of traffic, making their way home one inch at a time, you are free to openly navigate the vast ocean. When you finish your dive, your trek home will seem as effortless as your buoyancy control on the dive.
If you’re not ready to get out of the water at the end of the dive, get the rest of the divers to chip in on a hugely discounted 2nd tank night dive, and continue your mid week wind down until 8pm or 9pm;  that’s the way to spend your Hump day!
Call us at the shop and book your place, or visit our Facebook page to see what great group of divers will be joining you this week.

Matt Zimmerman

PADI Dive Courses For The Whole Family in Waikiki, Hawaii

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Why not learn together as a family and enjoy many future underwater adventures at any of the fantastic dive sites around Oahu? There are many diving certification options for the whole family to get wet while on vacation in Hawaii. Not only does Island Divers Hawaii offer the full range of PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) courses, but we offer free transportation to and from your Waikiki hotel! That way all you have to worry about is how much fun you will have learning to dive with the whole family.

bubblemaker

The Bubblemaker program introduces children between 8 and 10 years old to the underwater world with fun and exciting games in a swimming pool like search and recovery of toys and underwater torpedo toss. The course covers simple diving knowledge and some basic dive skills. Parents are welcome to join in the fun and enjoy the games along with the children!

PADI Seal Team

The PADI Seal Team is a swimming pool based course designed specifically for children aged 8-10. During the course children are introduced to basic scuba diving skills and techniques and have 5 Aqua missions to complete for the course. These missions teach kids the basics of diving like buoyancy control, mask clearing, and regulator recovery.. After building a solid foundation of scuba skills, kids move on to specialty Aqua Missions, like night dive, wreck dive, and other fun PADI specialty courses restructured for children.

Discover Scuba Diving

Discover Scuba Diving is a one day experience, designed to introduce you to the beauty of the Underwater World and is a good way to find out if you want to continue the adventure by doing a course. We start in the pool then we take you out for the day to one of the Oahu’s fantastic shallow reefs to make two dives with an Instructor.

PADI Scuba Diver Course

The PADI Scuba Diver Course is a 2 day course that covers the basic skills and knowledge you need to dive safely, with 2 open water dives to a maximum depth of 40 feet. This course requires less time than the PADI Open Water Diver course, resulting in a limited certification. This is a particularly good course to take if you expect to go scuba diving primarily in the company of a professional dive guide in shallow depths or if you have limited time to devote to a full scuba certification.

Open Water Diver

The Open Water Diver Course is a 3-4 day course that covers the same skills and knowledge as the Scuba Diver Course, but also teaches about dive planning and more in depth diving theory.

Junior Open Water certification allows children between the ages of 10 and 11 to dive to 40 feet with a certified parent and PADI professional and children twelve to fourteen to 60 feet, accompanied by a certified adult.

Learn together as a family and make your future family holidays underwater adventures you can all enjoy together in the years to come. The minimum age for PADI Scuba Diver and Open Water Diver Courses is 10 years old and there is no maximum age, so the whole family, including grandma and grandpa, can enjoy together.

You can book private classes and private charters with Island Divers Hawaii and make it a family vacation you will never forget.

Call today and book your next family adventure.