Ocean Encounters

08/24/2023

Every day seeing them is a dream come true over and over again. Book your adventure today with Ocean Encounters.🐠🌺✨💙

08/22/2023

Last nights manta Fun with our wonderful guest. These manta ray are such beautiful friendly creatures. We are always so excited to see these gracefull manta rays. Book your trip today and experience this adventure for yourself. To book give us a call at (808)-494-9150 we would be glad to assist you in any questions and help you book your adventure. Your next adventure awaits with us at ocean encounters.💙🐟🐠😊✨

05/12/2023

Mahalo for sharing this wonderful adventure with us!! We'll see you guys next year🥰

Heather here, blogging for Hopper who has been struggling with a non-covid cold and wasn’t quite up to our big boat day, which in the end worked out exactly as it needed to, because Luise and Charlie also stayed home, and they needed some company, scrambled eggs and a short swim, all of which Hopp...

10/13/2022

A huge congratulations to our Ocean Encounters crew member Laura Birse coming in 3rd for the participating Big Island ladies in the 2022 Ironman triathlon! You are an amazing inspiration to us all!

09/30/2022

The Honu can be right here at the Harbor! 🐢

09/26/2022

Come get your own unique Manta T-shirt in our logo gear shop located at the Honokohau Harbor. Kailua Kona, Hawaii 🌞🌈

09/26/2022

A cute Honu coming by to bless one of our Ocean Encounters vessels. You can find beautiful sea life right here at the Honokohau Harbor! Come by to enjoy great food & beverages at the Harbor House restaurant or Keioni’s Point of View and don’t forget to stop by the Bite Me Sportfishing shop to pick up some cool logo gear!

09/24/2022

A beautiful sunset at the Honokohau Harbor this evening.. Our sunset Manta snorkel must be enjoying a gorgeous show. Our moonlight Manta snorkel to begin shortly..

09/24/2022

If you are planning your Christmas vacation in Hawaii that is when WHALE WATCHING season starts! We call these beautiful humpback whales a CHRISTMAS PRESENT because right before Christmas is when the season will begin. December 20th is our first day whale watching and will run through mid March. We take reservations EARLY so feel free to call us to book your spots! (808) 494-9150

09/23/2022

Nightly Manta Ray Night snorkeling! A must DO when visiting The Big Island and unique to the Kona Coast of Hawaii 🌞

09/18/2022

Come enjoy a sightseeing snorkeling adventure with us! The weather is beautiful year round in Hawaii 🐬🐠🐙🌞

09/15/2022

We love when our guests get to enjoy a visit from a beautiful whale shark.

09/11/2022

The dolphins love to es**rt the boat. Come enjoy the beautiful sea life on a snorkel trip with us 🐬

09/09/2022

Finding a gorgeous 1 bedroom condo for Hawaiian sea life on our midday snorkel 🦞🐠🦀 Give us a call to join the fun! 808 494-9150

09/04/2022

Our beautiful Hawaiian Manta Rays 💕 Come join us for our nightly Manta Ray Night Snorkel. Call us for booking information 808 494-9150

09/03/2022

Captain Momi showing our guests some friendly Hawaiian octopus 🐙 on our morning reef snorkel.

09/03/2022

Hawaiian monk seal coming by to join our Manta Ray Night Snorkel.

06/26/2022

Great night at the manta site. Book your trip today to swim with these beautiful manta rays.😍✨🌊🐠

09/05/2021

Our Dolphin Encounter trip had a few unexpected friends pull up to say Aloha to our guests today. These pilot whales were friendly & chatty! These are the special moments that you come to Hawaii for..
-Mahalo to our friends of the sea!

07/31/2021

10/22/2020

Last Updated: October 20, 2020, at 2:00 pm HSTUndoubtedly, many visitors have been keeping a close eye on Hawaii and its process of reopening to…

10/22/2020

Bite Me Sportfishing and Ocean Encounters is open and taking reservations. We look forward to getting back, doing what we do best and excited to share our ocean experiences with our mainland friends. We have COVID-19 regulations in place and more then ready to play! Book your charter today, we look forward to seeing you.

https://www.hawaii-guide.com/hawaii-reopening-what-you-need-to-know

Last Updated: October 20, 2020, at 2:00 pm HSTUndoubtedly, many visitors have been keeping a close eye on Hawaii and its process of reopening to…

06/05/2020

Aloha All,

Bite Me Sportfishing and Ocean Encounters are happy to announce the DLNR has lifted the suspension on all commercial permits, and we are excited to slowly get back to a somewhat of normal. Our charter times have not changed and all activities are available to book. Snorkel activities, we are asking for you to please bring your own snorkel equipment.

For our mainland friends, we are hoping the restrictions on travel will be relaxed soon, keep calling, check in with us often…things are changing by the day.
Inter-island Travel Lifted Soon…
We know how important it will be to find affordable fun activities you can do with your ohana this summer, so we will be offering Kamaaina on selected activities. Give us a call for details, we look forward to hearing from you.

COVID-19
We raised our already demanding standards to an even higher level with new protocols and procedures. We have developed safe guidelines for implementing enhanced health and safety measures for our guest and staff based on mandates and recommendations from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) as we will strive to provide you with a safe environment there is an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 while in any public place where people are present, while enjoying your time with us you are voluntarily assuming all risks related to exposure to COVID-19.
Please see visit our web-site for COVID-19 UPDATES.

Mahalo Piha
Bite Me Sportfishing & Ocean Encounters Management.

05/05/2020

Update from the Big Island...COVID-19

First, we hope everyone is healthy, staying sane and safe. 2nd...we miss you! We miss all of you and we dream about the day we get to explore the Kona Coast making amazing memories with you again... Hopefully soon.
3rd...the Bite Me Sportfishing/Ocean Encounters Ohana is safe and healthy, and a big MAHALO to all of our customers for the calls and emails of love and support during this very unique time we are all experiencing. Keep calling...we are more than happy to talk story and listen to all your fishing or snorkeling adventures.
In the meantime here’s some information you might find helpful.
The Governor of Hawai`i has lifted our “stay at home” order through the end of May. It is now called “safer at home” order and we are in a faze of reopening Hawai`i. Please see link below. This is great news and one step closer to freedom to travel and have fun, but its not over just yet.
What he did not lift was the mandatory 14-day quarantine for visitors or residents arriving in Hawaii or traveling between the islands and activities operations are ALL still suspended. We are not sure when the Hawai`i DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation will allow us to operate our vessels again commercially, we are hopeful it will be in the next month or so.

But until we can go back to doing what we are really good at- FISHING, SNORKELING, CREATING MEMORIES OF A LIFE TIME and HAVING FUN while doing it!
Please..stay safe, stay kind, stay healthy and stay positive and most of all Malama Kekahi I Kekahi (take care of one another)

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/05/04/watch-this-is-now-states-take-very-different-approaches-reopening/

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04/28/2020

Self Quarantine....with these guys of course.

03/21/2020

Activities update!!

02/22/2020

Last nights manta ray snorkel 💙

02/15/2020

Some footage from our Manta Ray Night Snorkel!! Going out nightly from the Honokohau harbor.

01/31/2020

Some pictures caught on our whale watch. Don’t miss whale watch season!! Only runs till mid March if we’re lucky 💙

01/10/2020

The rainbow state!! A little rain on the mountain combined with a beautiful Kona sunset makes for a gorgeous picture here at the Honokohau Harbor.