For the inexperienced, snorkeling at night can be an understandably worrisome prospect. In my case, the idea wasn't far short of terrifying. Aside from the standard concerns about sharks being more ...

The Big Island's Keauhou Bay, just south of the Kona Airport, is home to a large school of manta rays, each weighing up to 3,000 pounds with wingspans of up to 20 feet. You can snorkel (or even dive) ...

A few years ago, folks looking out at the ocean beyond the Sheraton Keauhoa Bay on the Kona Coast of the Big Island began noticing a lot of large shadows moving back and forth in the water a hundred ...

A manta ray dive boat ran aground Thursday night approximately 100 yards south of the Honokohau Harbor entrance, sending five people to the hospital. Five of the people were extricated and taken to ...

If you really want to meet the locals in the Maldives, consider going on a manta ray cruise. Expeditions led by the conservation organization Manta Trust escorts guests on dives to observe and track ...

“They really are the gentle giants of the ocean,” says Shari Sicsko, co-owner of Kona Snorkel Trips, which offers its world-famous manta ray night snorkel year-round. “Everybody’s really passionate ...