Island Watersports Hawaii- Underwater Scooters

We had heard about underwater scooters  from googling around, and this just looked too cool to pass up.  We had to do this!

So, we booked with a very pleasant company called Island Watersports Hawaii.

We arrived in the morning to find their location at a strip mall!  They had told us to find the boat around back though.  This might be a common thing in Hawaii, but finding a boat, ready to go out on the ocean BEHIND a strip mall just seemed odd!


We were welcomed by Captain Boone, who ran a very casual, comfortable ship.  He explained how the scooters work, what was going to happen, etc.

Our group of 5 was joined by another group of 4 for the ride out.  We quickly came to our spot, and the other group went first.  We were invited to snorkel if we wanted, but we were enjoying the scenery.

After a bit we were able to get onto the waterscooters for our turn. 


This is a bit of an odd experience, as you have to climb down a ladder from the boat into the ocean, and then you have to duck your head underwater and come back up with your head inside of the glass helmet attached to the scooter.

Most in our group did this with no problem, except me, I inhaled a little water on the way up!  No big deal though!

We each had a diver helping us get around and keeping an eye on us.  The whole process was VERY user friendly, and we all felt like we were in good hands.  A photographer also took some underwater photos of us, and made a short video!

There was a piece of bread attached to the scooter.  My diver showed me to squeeze it and release small piece for the fish.  MANY fish came over to nibble.  It was very sweet.

Underwater, we did see a turtle and starfish too!  The entire experience was very cool. 

After our scooter experience underwater, Boone drove us around in the boat a bit, and we eventually came across a HUGE pod of dolphins!  I am not kidding, there had to have been over a hundred!  Our boat was surrounded by many of them to the delight of everyone!  This was a huge bonus on our journey, adding to the overall wonderful time we had in Hawaii, and with Boone and his crew.