Looking to dive Hawaii’s best diving but don’t know who to book with? In this guide we break it down for you by listing all of the dive operators on the west side of the Big Island of Hawaii. The western coast has some of the best diving in Hawaii with calm, clear, warm, waters and fantastic underwater lava formations making the Big Island some of the best diving in all of Hawaii.


Top 10 Kona Diving Companies

  1. Kona Honu Divers
  2. Kona Shore Divers
  3. Aquatic Life Divers
  4. Kona Diving Company
  5. Pacific Rim Divers
  6. Manta Ray Dives of Hawaii
  7. Kohala Divers
  8. Kona Ocean Adventures
  9. Big Island Divers
  10. Jacks Diving Locker

How Companies are Ranked

We selected the most trustworthy review source of Google reviews. Google reviews are vetted and have strict requirements.

Criteria for Selection

  1. First we selected Kona diving companies by their score 5.0 stars, 4.9 stars, etc . . .
  2. Then we sorted by number of reviews with the Kona diving company with the most reviews at that rating at the top.

Top 10 Kona Diving Company List

Here are the top Kona diving companies. If you’re looking for the best diving Big Island Hawaii has this is it!

1. Kona Honu Divers

golden Scubie awards sitting on a bookshelf. One says 'Scuba diving magazine 2024 readers choice awards'
Kona Honu Divers won the 2025, 2024, & 2023 Reader’s Choice Awards for best in the Pacific. Check out the ‘Scubie’ award in the shop

Kona Honu Divers has consistently delivered the best diving in Hawaii having won the Scuba Diving Magazine Reader’s Choice awards several years in a row for the best dive operator in the Pacific & Indian Oceans. They were selected among the hundreds of operators in the pacific for having the best boats, staff, facilities, equipment, training and safety.

Read their Kona diving company reviews and you will see why divers consistently return to dive with Kona honu Divers year-after-year. While many other operators will offer a combination of snorkeling and diving, Kona Honu Divers doesn’t compromise. They are lazer focused on providing a high quality diving experience unmatched in Hawaii. Their attention to safety and equipment mantenance, as well as special amenities and service put Kona Honu Divers as the clear standout Kona diving company. Having not only the most Google reviews of any dive operation in the state of Hawaii they also consistently deliver high levels of service from their fantastic custom dive boats.

If you’re looking for a more advanced outing check out Kona Honu divers Premium Advanced long-range tour

2. Kona Shore Divers

3. Aquatic Life Divers

4. Kona Diving Company

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5. Pacific Rim Divers

6. Manta Ray Dives of Hawaii

7. Kohala Divers

8. Kona Ocean Adventures

9. Big Island Divers

10. Jacks Diving Locker

Bonus: Best Snorkel Company

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