Kauai is a beautiful green island and a popular scuba diving destination in Hawaii. This island is also known as “The Green Island”. May to September is the best season for visiting the island. Amazing dive sites can be found on the shoreline of the island. You can have your own custom built dive boats. Kauai is full of lava ridges, caves and caverns, pinnacles, archways etc. You can find warm tropical water and loads of marine life, coral reefs etc. Around 700 species of fish exist in the Hawaiian Islands.
There are plenty of tour operators who arrange dives to various dive spots in and around Kauai. Seasport Divers is a popular scuba dive operator with stores located at multiple locations like Poipu Beach on the southern part and another on the east side of the Kapaa Island. Apart from the underwater experience, they provide helicopter tours of Kauai, Zipline tours, Catamaran tours and many more. These scuba diving tours are generally guided by certified professionals from PADI, NAUI or SSI. If you do not have your own scuba diving equipments, no worries, the schools will provide you with brands like Scuba Pro, Aqualung or Oceanic. Even they provide a FREE scuba diving lesson every day.
There are many other popular diving schools located at Kauai. One of them is Fathom Five Divers. It is at Old Koloa Town, five minutes from the Kukuiula Harbour and Poipu Beach. In north shore, there is Ocean Quest Watersports located at Tunnels Beach. Each dive site in Kauai has its own beauty and each dive school has its own speciality.
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