点评:Our experience diving with Liquid Cosmos Divers was simply fantastic. This was my family’s first time diving off the Kohala Coast of the Big Island, and we picked Liquid Cosmos Divers because of Mike, Jess and their purposely built dive boat named “Moonshine.”
Scheduling the three days of diving with Mike and Liquid Cosmos Divers was very easy and Mike kept in contact with us through the entire process.
We met Mike and Jess at the boat ramp, which was easy to find with ample free parking. Their boat is very clean and you can tell that Mike and Jess put a lot of time and thought into the design to make it comfortable and very safe for diving.
Although Mike offered to put our equipment together, he had no problems letting us put the equipment on the aluminum 80 cylinders filled to the rated pressure with Nitrox.
Before leaving the harbor, Mike conducted a concise safety briefing. During this briefing, my family could tell that diver safety and comfort were very important to both Jess and Mike.
As we got close to the dive site, Jess did an amazing job describing the types of animals we might see at the site and how to recognize them. Underwater Jess used an erasable slate to write information about the animals we were seeing and why they were important. My 14 year old son loves learning about the marine environment and Jess taught him so much in the three days of diving. Jess is an amazing dive guide and dive professional and my family and I loved diving with her.
Although I cannot predict future dive or sea state conditions, in June of 2026, we had calm seas, 80 to 90 feet of visibility and warm water temps between 77 and 78 degrees. We saw dolphins, sharks, puffer fish, several rare or endemic species of reef fish, multiple eels, nudibrachs, and schools of barracuda. The coral was in great condition and Mike and Jess took us to a location that had coral for as far as we could see.
Mike is a great boat captain, diver and water guy and placed us directly on each dive site and then safely picked us up.
The boat has prop guards, which made me as a father happy, and a warm water shower that made my wife very happy.
Between dives, Mike brought out apple bananas, papayas grown by his house, and vegan muffins that were very tasty, while Jess conducted a comprehensive debrief on what we saw during the dive.
I could tell that being friends with the environment was very important to Mike and Jess and no trash or waste was ever thrown overboard.
Mike and Jess make sure each diver has their own stainless steel water bottle to keep waste to a minimum and to keep the divers hydrated.
The boat has plenty of dry storage, plenty of shade for the divers, and a ladder that is easy to climb.
When my family returns to Hawaii we will definitely be going back out with Liquid Cosmos Divers.
翻译:我们与Liquid Cosmos Divers一同潜水的体验简直棒极了。这是我家人第一次在大岛的科哈拉海岸潜水,我们选择Liquid Cosmos Divers是因为迈克、杰西以及他们专门建造的名为“Moonshine”的潜水船。
与迈克及Liquid Cosmos Divers安排为期三天的潜水行程十分顺利,整个过程中迈克也一直与我们保持联系。
我们在码头与迈克、杰西碰面。那里很容易找到,而且有大量的免费停车位。他们的船非常干净,看得出迈克和杰西在设计上下了不少功夫,力求让船只既舒适又确保安全,适合潜水使用。
虽然迈克主动提出帮我们组装装备,但他也毫无异议地让我们自行将装备安装到那些已充入额定压力下氮氧混合气的铝制80立方英尺气瓶上。
离港之前,迈克简要地做了一次安全简报。在这次简报中……我的家人都能看出,潜水安全与舒适对 Jess 和 Mike 来说都极其重要。
当我们接近潜水点后,Jess出色地为我们介绍了在那里可能遇到的各种海洋生物以及如何辨认它们。在水下,Jess用一种可擦除的写字板记下所见到生物的相关信息及其重要性。我14岁的儿子酷爱学习海洋知识,在这三天的潜水活动中,Jess教给他很多有用的知识。Jess是一位出色的潜水向导和专业潜水人士,我和家人都非常喜欢与她一同潜水。
虽然我无法预测未来的潜水条件或海况,但在2026年6月,海面平静无波,能见度达到了80到90英尺,水温也维持在77至78度之间。我们看到了海豚、鲨鱼、河豚,还有多种稀有或仅在该地区出现的珊瑚礁鱼类、多条海鳗、海蛞蝓,以及成群的梭鱼。那些珊瑚状态极佳,迈克和杰西带我们去了一个放眼望去到处都是珊瑚的地方。
迈克是一位出色的船长、潜水员,对水上活动也极为精通。他总是把我们精准地送到各个潜水点,随后又安全地把我们接回来。
那艘船装有螺旋桨防护装置,这让我这位父亲感到很放心;船上还有热水淋浴设施,这更让我的妻子非常开心。
两次潜水间隙,迈克还拿出了苹果香蕉、他家种植的木瓜,以及味道极好的纯素松饼。与此同时,杰西则详细总结了我们在潜水过程中观察到的情况。
我能感觉到,与自然环境和谐相处对迈克和杰西来说至关重要,因此他们从不向海里丢弃任何垃圾或废弃物。
迈克和杰西还会确保每位潜水员都配备一个不锈钢水瓶,这样既能减少垃圾产生,又能帮助潜水员保持水分充足。
这艘船上设有充足的干燥储物空间,为潜水员提供了遮阳处,还配有便于攀爬的梯子。等我们一家人回到夏威夷,我们一定会再次与Liquid Cosmos Divers一同潜水。