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Tannya: "LIVING808" COMING
TO YOU TODAY FROM THE SUNNY
FAIRMONT ORCHID WHERE YOU CAN
SNORKEL IN THE BAY BEHIND US AND
ALSO SEE TURTLES.
A HIGHLIGHT ON HAWAI'I ISLAND IS
EXPLORING NATURE'S PLAYGROUND.
John: ONE OF THE BEST WAYS
TO DO THAT IS BY BOAT.
WE HOPPED ONBOARD WITH SEA
QUEST.
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Tannya: YOU SAID YOU'RE
GOING TO EACH OF THE HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS WHILE VISITING TO STATE
OF HAWAI'I.
I WOULD SAY KONA IS THE PLACE.
CLEAR WATER, OUR CALM SEAS AS
YOU CAN SEE TODAY.
YOUNG REEFS.
WE HAVE AMAZING SEA CAVES.
AMAZING GEOLOGICAL FEATURES.
THIS IS THE LOCATION TO GET IN
THE WATER IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF
HAWAI'I.
PERFECT CONDITIONS.
PERFECT WATER.
THIS IS THE PLACE TO GET YOU IN
THE WATER.
LET'S GO CREATE YOUR STORIES.
Tannya: WHAT A WAY TO SPEND
IT'S A JOY GETTING OUT.
I WANT TO FIND OUT ABOUT SOME OF
THE SPECIAL CURATED EXPERIENCES.
SEA QUEST SPECIALIZES IN
FAMILY ADVENTURE TOURS.
THIS COASTLINE HAS SO MUCH TO
OFFER.
SEA QUEST HAS VARYING TOURS.
IF YOU'RE A BEGINNING YOU CAN
GET ON THE WATER FOR A SHORT
AMOUNT OF TIME AND SEE THE BEST
OF THE BEST.
IF YOU'VE BEEN SNORKELING, WE
LOCATIONS.
PEOPLE BORN AND RAISED ON THIS
ISLAND DON'T GET TO SEE.
WHEN TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS WERE
LIFTED, WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE
COMING TO THE BIG ISLAND FROM
OAHU AND KAUA'I.
IT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO SHARE OUR
ISLAND.
THEY WOULD GET OFF THE BOAT AND
HAD NO IDEA THAT STUFF WAS DOWN
THERE.
WE GET TO SHARE REALLY REMOTE
LOCATION AND REALLY POPULAR
LOCATIONS.
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.
EVERY SEND OF THE SPECTRUM AND
EXPERIENCE LEVEL.
John: TELL ME SOME OF THE
THINGS YOU OFFER ON THE BOAT AND
SEA QUEST IN THE WATER.
YOU CAN'T BEAT THE WATER.
YOU CAN SEE AROUND YOU, IT'S
IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL HOW DEEP THE
WATER IS.
OUR NIGHT MANTA EXPERIENCE.
DID YOU KNOW THIS HPENS HERE
IN KONA?
A VERY SPECIAL THING.
WE HAVE THESE AMAZING MANTA
RAYS, GENTLE GIANTS.
SOME OF THEM, WING STAND UP TO
16 FEET.
AND YOU CAN GET IN THE WATER
EVERY NIGHT.
OUR TOURS RANGE FROM EARLY
MORNING WHERE YOU VISIT TWO
SNORKELING LOCATIONS UP TO OUR
9:00 AT NIGHT WHEN YOU'RE IN THE
WATER WITH THE MANTA RAYS.
John: WHY THESE PARTICULAR
SPOTS?
HOME TO A POD OF DOLPHINS WE GET
TO SEE ON A REGULAR BAY SIS.
REEF SYSTEM IS INCENT --
INCREDIBLE.
ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS SNORKEL
PLACES IN THE WORLD.
THERE'S A COUPLE SPOTS.
PERMITS.
THERE ARE INTEREST AND REMOTE
LOCATIONS THAT ARE INACCESSIBLE
ANY OTHER WAY.
NOT BY CAR, NOT BY FOOT.
ONLY BY BOAT.
YOU GET TO SPEAKERS SOMETHING
THAT NOBODY ELSE HAS.
AND POST PICTURES.
Tannya: WE ALL HAVE THE
SMART PHONES.
THIS IS A FAMILY BUSINESS.
HOW DID YOU GET STARTED?
WE BOTH WORK FOR SEA QUEST
FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
PURCHASE THIS.
OWNER FELT HE WANTED IT DO GO TO
NOBODY BUT US.
HE PASS THE SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE
BUT WE WERE FORTUNATE NOSE ENOUGH
THAT WE GOT TO SPREAD HIS ASHES
ON HIS FAVORITE SEA QUEST BOAT.
AND THERE HE RESIDES.
Tannya: I LOVE IT.
YOU HAVE YOUR OWN STORIES.
YOU ALLOW GUESTS LIKE US TO
CREATE OUR OWN STORIES AS WELL.
John: SHALL WE GET TO
WRITING OUR STORY?
LET'S GO CREATE YOUR STORY.
John: OKAY.
THREE, TWO, ONE.
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