Viewing a coral reef from a glass bottom boat and a submarine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you aren’t a scuba diver, then a glass bottom boat or a submarine are the best options for viewing a coastal coral reef. On the afternoon of April 29, 2025 at Kailua Kona, Hawaii my wife and I did both. We took the Kona Glass Bottom Boat Tour and the Atlantis X submarine tour. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The glass bottom boat gave an overview of the fish and reef (depth about 100 feet).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Atlantis submarines are discussed at Tripadvisor. The 48-passenger submarine gives a close-up view of the reef from a depth of 80 feet. Better views of coral and bottom feeding fish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is a wreck of the Predator – a World War II landing craft that was refitted as a dive boat with a crane for a shark cage, as shown above in two images. An article by Brett Eldridge at Wrecked in My Revo on February 15, 2022 is titled Predator Landing Craft (Kona Hawaii – 90 FSW). There also is a brief YouTube video by Todd Hackett from February 4, 2024 on Diving the Predator.