Kona, Hawaii
May 25 to June 4, 1999

     Kati and I took another KONA trip in May.  We stayed at the Kona Reef again.
We travelled with our friend Tim.   Unfortunately Tim's girlfriend, Susan was not 
able to come.  This was Kati's and my 3rd KONA trip.  We paid a little over $1000 
per person, including: direct flight (San Francisco to KONA), oceanfront condo 
for 10 days, and rental cars.  We shore dove, as on our previous trips.

     We booked this trip through Travel Fever.  For help with your reservation,
give Debbie Pell a call at: 707-431-1901 or 707-431-7490.  You can also send
Debbie e-mail at TravelFevr@aol.com

     The weather was good.  80+ degrees, but clouds kept the sun from frying us.
Water temperatures were in the high seventies.  We dove 10 times.  Check out
Kati's and my dive logs.

     We rented tanks and weights at Kona Coast Divers.  Once again, we had the
luck of running in to Dick Dresie, "Dick the Diver", at the dive shop.  

     We were lucky enough to be there on the day of the Keauhou Triathalon!

The following is a list of the sites we dove with brief descriptions of the 
highlights.  Kona Coast Diver's and Dick The Diver's web sites do a great job 
explaining these sites and how to get there.  I've listed the sites in 
chronological order.

**Shore Dives**

Place of Refuge (2 Dives/Honauhau)
 -easy to find
 -giant stride entry
 -lava "steps" at exit
 -healthy corals
 -swim-thru archway
Kailua-Kona Town Pier
 -easy to find
 -beach entry
 -longish swim/snorkel out to site
 -healthy corals
 -sandy bottom
Mile Marker 4
 -easy to find
 -beach entry
 -turtles
 -lava tubes
Cresent Beach (Honokohau Harbor)
 -easy to find
 -tricky short hike over lava
 -beach entry
 -turtles/frog fish
Ho'ona (My Dive Log Entry)
 -Photo of the site
 -Link to a Ho'ona Web Site
 -long walk with tank to dive site
 -easy giant stride entry
 -somewhat difficult exit in surge
 -beautiful shoreline cliffs to explore
Old Warf at Kealakekua Bay
 -easy to find
 -giant stride entry
 -shallow dive/extensive coral growth
Ke'ei
 -not so easy to find
 -giant stride entry
 -deep dive or shallow
 -garden eels

**Boat Dives with Eco-Adventures**

Long Lava Tube
 -Tube starts right under mooring buoy
 -85 foot tube, 10 feet wide, 5 feet high
 -not for the claustrophic
 -lobsters in cave ceiling
Kona Surf, Manta Ray Dive
 -night dive
 -"Manta Madness"

**Fish and Animals we saw**

Collector Urchin
Black Urchin
Red Sponge
Pin Cuchion Sea Star
Coralline Algae
Slate Pencil Sea Urchin
Lobe Coral
Cauliflower Coral
Fingercoral
Antler Coral
Feather Duster Worm
Christmas Tree Worm
Spanish Dancer Egg Mass
Sea Cucumber
7-11 Crab
Needlefish
Trumpetfish
Coronetfish
Black Durgeon
Pink-Tail Durgeon
Eel
Racoon Butterflyfish
Oval Butterflyfish
Teardrop Butterflyfish
Four Spot Butterflyfish
Ornate Butterflyfish
Multiband Butterflyfish
Threadfin Butterflyfish
Black Long-nose Butterflyfish (rare)
Green Turtle
Parrotfish
Moorish Idol
Cleaner Wrasse
Shrimp
Nudebranch
Hawkfish
Lizardfish
Humu Humu Nuku Nuku Apua'a (Triggerfish/Hawaiian State Fish)
Yellow Stripe Goatfish
Lowfin Chub
Slipper Lobster
Manta
Yellow Tang
Achilles Tang
Dolphin (from shore)
Peacock Grouper
Hawaiian Bigeye
Squirrelfish
White Jack
Flying Gurnard
Orangeband Surgeon Fish
Yellow Tail Coris Wrasse
Cleaner Wrasse
Filefish
Pufferfish
Damselfish
Trunkfish
Forcepfish