Wow! To start. They picked us up at our hotel to start. Then drive us to Kaneohe sandbar. Next a beautiful short boat ride to two barges loaded with sea toys. Beautiful shallow sandy beaches that are user friendly for small children to seniors. The reef snorkeling is easy, very well guided and watched in smaller groups. We swam with turtles. Captain Danny went out of his way to share local marine knowledge and make sure all got to see turtles. This was our second time- we also sent our daughter and grandchild. They immediately fell in love with the tour and friendly crew. They are like family to us now. We will always come and swim with the turtles only with Captain Bruce's Team.
We have tried others and this family prefers and highly recommends Captain Bruce's based on experience. I am a former diver for the Seattle Aquarium, researcher for Washington State Department of Fisheries, Rescue Diver, Assistant Dive Instructor Advanced Open Water and lastly Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Simply said "Captain Bruce's does it right". I send my grandkids there Thank you Captain Bruce's! We love you!!! My only request is that you start another tour a bit more advanced for experienced snorkelers.
Then sign up this family
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Activity Date: | 2023/04/10 |
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Delightful crew. Simple food always available. very well organized. Had reef-safe sunscreen available. Even had prescription goggles for me. Captain told great stories. A great morning's adventure.
Aloha,
Mahalo Nui Loa for taking the time to leave us a review. We hope to see you on your next visit to the Big Island!
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I’m so glad we booked this excursion during our 2 day whirlwind tour of Oahu. We have a friend that’s on the island so we came over from vacationing on Maui to visit. Check in was super easy. The boat was clean and well kept and the crew was amazing. Loved the live music on the journey to and from the sandbar. Once we arrived, there was a little something for everyone. Paddleboarding, kayaking, hanging out on a floating platform or snorkeling! They even had inner-tubing and banana boat rides for an extra fee. The views of the island were stunning. Trip lasted roughly 3 hours so plenty of time to still explore the island after. Shout out to Preston and Jesse for all the aloha and good vibes. It was a super fun trip and we highly recommend to anyone visiting Oahu. It’s a really great excursion.
We appreciated your time for this review, kind words for our crew, and so happy to know that you had fun. Mahalo! - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2023/04/08 |
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The cruise staff was excellent and the snorkeling was great.
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Activity Date: | 2022/10/26 |
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手軽にシュノーケリングが楽しめ、ウミガメにも出会えます。スタッフがとても親切に対応してくれるので、安心して参加でき、とても貴重な体験ができます。
この度はツアーへご参加いただき誠にありがとうございます。またレビューと写真も共有いただきありがとうございます。シュノーケリング中に自然の中で生息するホヌに出会えたこと大変嬉しく思います。またツアーへご参加いただけましたら幸いです。スタッフ一同お待ち申し上げております。Mahalo!
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Activity Date: | 2023/04/04 |
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From beginning to end this was a wonderful experience! All the staff were amazing! We got to see incredible sites, snorkel, see dolphins and whales all in one day! Highly recommend this adventure!
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Activity Date: | 2023/04/09 |
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Great crew! Great snorkeling experience! We would recommend for anyone to do. It was my first time the crew was very helpful and made me feel very comfortable.
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Activity Date: | 2023/04/06 |
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イルカを見れることが確定ではないのにも関わらず沢山のイルカを見ることができました。船の中も快適でスタッフさんたちが沢山盛り上げてくれたのでとても楽しい一日を過ごすことができました。朝の集合が早かったですがその代わり一日が長く感じることが出来たので充実感に圧倒されました。陸の大自然を船から見ることができる経験も出来たので非常に良い体験をすることができました。シュノーケリングは少し時間は短いもののウミガメを無事見ることもでき、沢山の魚を見れました。非常に楽しかったです。ありがとうございます
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Activity Date: | 2023/03/20 |
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Everything in the title and description is not only accurate, but does not disappoint! Festive and fun the whole time... beautiful setting with the smaller islands and mountains surroundings, standing a mile off shore in the middle of the bay. Nice touch having the floating lounge, and thoughtful idea providing fish treats for snorkeling(!) The music Jessie and crew played on board, and DJ-ed during activities was awesome--so much fun dancing with the fish! We only wish could have had more than one go of the banana boat and bumper tube. Worth doing more than once on a trip here, definetly--almost tried walking in backward when we were leaving
We are very happy that you enjoyed our tour. Hope you will join us again. Mahalo! - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2023/04/08 |
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My husband and I took our family to Hawaii for spring break. We always at the kids do something different. I thought they might be hesitant, but they tried The banana boat and the bumper boat and loved it, probably one of the most fun things they did on this trip. The only thing I would say I was disappointed about this excursion was that the description said they will provide soda or coke with lunch but we got lemonade instead. The bathroom on the boat also needs to be restocked before taking the next ride out. There were no soaps or hand sanitizer to use. Besides this, we had such a fun time.
We appreciated your time for this review and sorry to hear that you had a disappointing about drink and bathroom. Your feedback has been shared with our crew. Mahalo! - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2023/03/17 |
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The staff was super friendly and we had a fun time. We were able to see a turtle and lots of fish. They supplied snorkel gear and drinks/soda. Just remember to bring a towel because it can get chilly. Location was easy to access as they are on the beachside of dukes Waikiki. Definitely recommend Manu Kai..
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Activity Date: | 2023/04/07 |
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Loved this tour, the boat was easy to find, and its nice that its close to the hotels and quick, as we did not want a full day on a boat!
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Activity Date: | 2023/03/23 |
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残念ながら、サンドバーは出ていませんでしたが、シュノーケリングで亀が見れて、子供達は喜んでいました。この時期、水温が低いので、寒かったです。でも、初めてSUPをやったり、船に上がったら温かい飲み物も飲めて、身体も温まり、良かったです!
この度はツアーへご参加いただき誠にありがとうございました。また、レビューとお写真も共有いただきありがとうございます!自然の中で生息するホヌをご覧いただけたこと、またSUPもご体験いただけて嬉しく思います。サンドバーはシーズンごとに、また一日の中でも刻々と景色や雰囲気が変化します。もし機会がございましたら、またご家族でご参加いただけましたら幸いです。スタッフ一同心からお待ちしております。Mahalo!
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Activity Date: | 2023/03/18 |
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This was a good tour. Saw two turtles at the first spot and my daughter saw a small reef shark with a few of the other snorkelers. Some how I missed it. Then we went to the crater and we saw tons of fish. On the way back we saw several whales which was a bonus.
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Activity Date: | 2023/03/16 |
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This trip was great and a great value for the price. The staff was amazing and everyone in our party had so much fun at the sandbar playing with all the water toys.
And the musicians were really good and we had fun singing along and dancing. I would definitely do this trip again and will recommend to everyone we know. Thanks for a great afternoon.
Mahalo for your review and kind words for our crew. - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2023/04/06 |
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We would like to spend more time at snorkeling sessions and not 45 mins. We still have to wait people to get down into the water.
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Activity Date: | 2023/04/05 |
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少し寒いかと思いきや ワクワクな気持ちで 海にダイブ
エメラルドグリーンの風景に感動です。
美味しいハンバーガー食べて 次は シュノーケリング❗️
はじめて フィンに挑戦 サンゴやカラフルな魚も心地よかったけれど サンゴの陰から デカい!ウミガメが出てきたときの驚きと 感動は 参加してよかったです。
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Activity Date: | 2023/04/05 |
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We had Captain Mike, Leroy and Tony on our adventure. They were nice, professional and very informative. Will do again for sure!
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Activity Date: | 2023/04/05 |
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Good price, good location, fun crew.
Need to provide something more than meet-at-the-bathrooms-of-a-marina for mustering instructions. There were no crew/personnel at said marina bathroom well past the appointed time. The check-in process was haphazard at best, and did not instill a lot of confidence in the crew's ability/professionalism. The shuttle brining additional guests from Honolulu/Waikiki was very late and delayed our departure by more than 30 minutes (of a three hour cruise). This is obviously not the crew's fault and there is nothing they could have done about the traffic; however, the lack of communication to the guests who were there waiting could have (and should have) been much much better.
Once on the boat, the crew proved knowledgable and kind. A fun cruise that is perfectly suited for visitors staying on the west end of the island. There are similarly priced options closer to Honolulu and Waikiki without the hour-plus drive through really bad traffic.
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Activity Date: | 2023/04/04 |
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So much fun! Would do it again! The crew was informative, easy going and made sure we were all good! Food was great! I had 2nd servings and my 6yo son had a blast! It was his first time to snorkle!
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Activity Date: | 2023/04/04 |
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Kayaking to the sandbar was a great experience. I enjoyed the scenery from the sandbar. The workers were excellent with advice to practice my snorkeling skills while in the sandbar. This helped me to be more comfortable with snorkeling for the very first time. The workers were so helpful with helping me find my iPhone, which was recovered by other kayakers at the sandbar. Great overall experience!
Aloha Brenda! That is so awesome to hear! Thank you so much for joining us for a kayak and snorkel adventure, and thank you for taking the time to leave such an awesome review! We really appreciate that. Stoked to hear you had such a good experience and that our staff helped you and made the experience that much better. Very stoked you found your phone too! That's super lucky! Hope to see you again soon! Mahalo.
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Activity Date: | 2023/04/04 |
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ハナウマは予約が取れにくい!こちらを利用して大正解でした!インストラクターさんも面白いし、すごく親切でまたお願いしたいと思ってます。ホテルまでの送迎も楽ちんでとても良かったです。
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Activity Date: | 2023/03/24 |
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曇りがちな天気でしたが、スタッフさんが非常に親切で楽しめました。
たくさんの魚やカメを見ることができました。
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Activity Date: | 2023/04/01 |
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Upon going to the sandbar for the first time, I decided to give Captain Bob's Kaneohe Bay a try. So glad I did because I had an amazing time on this cruise. All of the employees were super nice and made sure everyone felt safe & comfortable on the cruise. The sandbar was absolutely stunning! The crew set up a volleyball net which allowed for all of us to have a fun match of beach volleyball at the sandbar. Those that didn't want to participate were able to walk around the sandbar at their leisure. I enjoyed that this cruise was away from all of the other cruises and boats in the area. It was like we had our own secluded little area. The food was delicious and afterwards we cruised over to a reef area to snorkel. Along the way, the captain went slow to make sure we got a chance to see all of the sea turtles floating on the surface of the ocean. We saw so many of them! The area we snorkeled in was amazing. I saw so many different kinds of fish and several sea turtles that literally swim right next to us. I had an amazing time and photos to last a lifetime. If you are thinking about doing a cruise to the sandbar, look no further. Would absolutely go again!
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Activity Date: | 2022/04/28 |
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Absolutely loved this experience and the helpers on board made it even better! I really enjoyed how we would go along and the captain would talk about a certain place or landmark. It was so fun stopping and relaxing for lunch and going for a swim. I do recommend to bring something if you get cold easily during the cruise. The captains on board were very friendly and constantly checking up on people!They were also very open to answer any questions people had.
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Activity Date: | 2023/03/24 |
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海は綺麗でした。
カメも見れましたが、値段が値段なので相応のツアーかは?です。
次回は行かないかな。
Aloha! この度はツアーへのご参加、誠にありがとうございます。また、お忙しい中、レビューのご投稿もありがとうございました。皆さまからのご意見を基に思い出に残るより良いサービスを提供できるよう常に検討しておりますので、もし機会がございましたらまたぜひサンドバーへお越しいただけますよう願っております。重ね重ね、貴重なご意見を頂きありがとうございます。
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Activity Date: | 2023/03/28 |
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This was our 2nd time doing the Dolphins and You Tour (we did it in 2017). Last time was amazing as we had a very calm day and saw lots of dolphins. This time it was quite rough and we did not get an opportunity to swim in the ocean with them.
We did enjoy our time anchored in the bay, where we snorkeled, kayaked and swam. Lunch was delicious and the crew was terrific.
Even despite not seeing dolphins, it was a lovely day.
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Activity Date: | 2023/03/12 |
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すごーく雨が降り寒かったですが、ホヌに会うことができました!
船までの送迎の運転手の方も、船のスタッフも大変親切な方でした。日本語が話せる方がいてくださったおかげで、小さな子供への注意点なども詳しく案内してくださったり、子供と海で遊んでいただけて本当に楽しい時間でした!雨でも海の中を見ることができ、ホヌが泳いだら姿も身近で確認できました!3歳と7歳の子供は泳げないので、専用のボートを借りました。ボートのおかげでみんなホヌを見ることができて喜んでました!飲み物やスナックはフリーでしたので、小腹が空いた子供達にとっても有難いサービスでした!
Aloha! この度はツアーへご参加いただき誠にありがとうございました。また、雨のため寒くなってしまったにも関わらず楽しい時間を過ごすことができたという素晴らしいご感想を頂戴し感激いたしました。自然の中で生息するホヌの様子を皆さまにご覧いただけたこと、大変嬉しく思います。サンドバーでは、とても静かで周りが鏡のような時もあり、またオアフ島にとおり雨が起こる時などは雨と晴れ間の境界や、大きな虹が見えたりと一日の中でも刻々と景色や雰囲気が変化します。もし機会がございましたら、またぜひ皆さまご一緒にご参加ください。スタッフ一同心からお待ちしております。ありがとうございました。
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Activity Date: | 2023/03/29 |
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From the moment we were picked up near the hotel and dropped off at it, this was a class 1 experience. Everyone made sure we had a great experience. We were a party of 7 ranging from 81years old to 12. We all rode the banana boats, thrilling! One of us fell off (not the 81 y/o) and was retrieved. The float ride was thrilling our 12 y/o said. The water is clear, the fish ample and snorkels provided along with advice for best viewing. The musicians were outstanding, the fellow passengers getting in the groove and dancing. Whole experience a lifetime memory.
We are so glad to know that you and your family had great experience! Mahalo! - Team KBOS
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Activity Date: | 2023/03/31 |
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We had such a great day!! The crew was fantastic.
We loved going out to the beautiful sandbar and getting to look back at the beautiful island!!
We saw a sea turtle on the snorkel part of the excursion and so many fish!! Thanks for a great day.
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Activity Date: | 2023/03/09 |
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Aloha and thank you so much for taking the time to write this wonderful review and the compliments of yours.
We're very pleased to hear the whole family is having such a great time at the sandbar.
Your kind words are greatly appreciated and Mahalo for sharing your best experience with the Capt. Bruce tour. We look forward to seeing you again in the near future.