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  • KenVbisonfan
    Isanti, MN6 contributions
    Nice, personalized snorkeling and whale watching tour.
    Nicely low key, with only four of us on the tour and an equal number of crew members. Crew was very friendly and personable; their knowledge of the marine wildlife made the trip that much more interesting and we appreciated their willingness to answer any questions we had. We saw humpback whales, both bottle nose dolphins and spinner dolphins, and sea turtles as well as an eagle ray.

    Overall, good tour service to go with, definitely recommend!
    Review of: Wild Side Specialty Tours
    Written 17 February 2023
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  • Eunice L
    Allentown, PA57 contributions
    great dive instructor!
    The staff and instructors were awesome! When you call the shop they are quick to respond back. Also, really made sure to brief us before the dives so that we felt comfortable and safe while diving. The bonus was the homemade hot chocolate Mike brought for the whole group to enjoy during one of our surface intervals.
    Review of: Underwater Oahu
    Written 15 February 2023
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  • julia b
    1 contribution
    New years 2022 eve firework's
    Just came back from the new years firework's cruise and it was aaaeweessooome! This could easily become my new years eve tradition.
    Review of: Dolphin Star (Hoku Nai'a)
    Written 1 January 2022
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  • Jessica H
    Christiansted, St. Croix148 contributions
    Phenomenal
    I apologize for taking 2 months to write this review. I've spent that whole time pining for SCUBA time with Jed. I dove with Divemad in 2016, & diving with him a 2nd time was just as great.
    Jed was very patient with me after our first dive, when I got seasick & experienced disorientation underwater. We were able to tailor the 2nd dive to avoid the seasickness, and he kept me safe. For our 2nd day of diving, I had requested a difficult dive for him to arrange, but he made it happen. That made my trip! For our 3rd day of diving, he did a great tour of the Mahi.
    Review of: Divemad
    Written 6 November 2017
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  • Cheri P
    Battle Ground, WA25 contributions
    TAKE THIS TOUR!!
    WOW!! So YES- we saw whales and dolphins and birds and flying fish!! The scenery was OFF THE HOOK. But the real GEM of the trip was the staff!! Captain Dave was exceptional at pointing our catamaran in the perfect direction. Our Spotter (also a looker 😎) Ian did a fantastic job anticipating and pointing out the wildlife and Bre- well Bre is simply gifted at the art of taking care of the passengers- what a PHENOMENAL experience!! So glad we made the trip!!&
    Review of: Hawaii Nautical
    Written 1 March 2023
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  • traveltrotter50
    San Francisco, CA726 contributions
    Great Diving w/Captain Bruce and Crew!
    We did 2 dives w/Captain Bruce and for the most part it was a great experience! The crew was awesome and our dive guide was AWESOME! I felt like we really lucked out! My only complaint was the number of divers on the boat. We were split into groups of 6-7, each with our own dive guide - no complaints there. But at the end of the dive ... when you have 16 people making their way up the dive line doing their safety stop ... oh boy was it chaotic and confusing. I think one dive guide got me confused thinking I was his dive student and tried to pull me back down after my safety stop and I was running out of air. Aside from that, everything else was great. I would dive with them again.
    Review of: Captain Bruce's Extreme Comfort Diving
    Written 31 May 2011
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  • Sarah M
    Massachusetts2 contributions
    Choose a different company
    I’ve been snorkeling in Hawaii before and this was a terrible experience.
    They didn’t even have our names when signing in— not checking us off a list or making sure those who paid were on board; very unfriendly, unwelcoming greeting by the captain. The weather was bad but there was no cancellation so we would have been charged no matter what— mind you, Pearl Harbor didn’t run the ferry during our trip because of winds and unsafe water, but this place was still going out in rain and lightening. It says those who don’t want to get wet won’t in terms of passengers who choose not to snorkel— we were all soaked with the size of the waves. I honestly feared the boat would capsize at times.
    They didn’t even suggest a buddy system while snorkeling. One crew member was in the water with us, two others were on the top deck chatting it up on the top deck not even paying attention to who to those on board or in the water. Yes, they brought us to a spot where there was some wildlife but the water was so rough it was not relaxing. I pointed out the sea turtles to the other snorklers— they didn’t. No dolphins even spoken of during the trip. I saw lightening while in the water and chose to get out but no crew mentioned anything about the lightening or suggested to the rest of the snorklers to get out o& the water. Even experienced snorkelers on the trip were back in the boat within 30 minutes because th3 water was so rough. It was supposed to be 2.5 hours and it last less than 75 minutes, yet no discount apology or anything. In all honesty the trip should have been cancelled and gotten our money back but it wasn’t even an option with the company.
    When signing up there is an option of no fault insurance policy, but NO WHERE a does it explain this policy or what it covers—- even with the policy no refund!
    Review of: Oahu Dolphin Divers
    Written 5 March 2023
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