The Fleet

• M/V Honu Iki — 2007 Newton 36 Dive Special · 18 passengers + 2 crew · Honokohau slip 27 (in-water) · single Cummins 310 HP diesel
• M/V Kahanuola — 1988 36′ Lightning Radon · 26 passengers + 2 crew · Honokohau ramp · twin Cummins 310s (repowered 2020)
• M/V Moana Olapa — 2004 Force Marine 35 · 20 passengers + 3 crew · Honokohau ramp · twin Volvo Penta D4s (repowered 2021)
• M/V Moana Lu’u — 2002 Force Marine 30 · 11 passengers + 2 crew · Kailua Pier · twin 2017 Yamaha F150 outboards

This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity on the Kona coast: the entire Big Island Divers operation in a single acquisition. Four DLNR-DOBOR commercial operating permits — including the slip 27 in-water berth at Honokohau Small Boat Harbor — four USCG-inspected passenger vessels with a combined permitted capacity of 75 passengers, and the Big Island Divers trade name, goodwill, website, online reviews, dive compressor, rental gear, and operating equipment built over more than four decades of continuous operation.

The permit coverage is the story: an assigned in-water slip, two Honokohau ramp permits, and a Kailua Pier permit — every kind of departure infrastructure the Kona coast offers, in one company family. Manta viewing is among the permitted activities across the fleet, alongside scuba, snorkeling, whale watching, and sightseeing. The Kona Coast offers the smoothest, most reliable operational days in the Islands.

Purchased separately, the three packages total $2,162,000. As a complete acquisition, the operation is offered at $1,969,000 — roughly $26,300 per permitted seat with the brand, berth, and equipment included, effectively pricing every seat in the fleet at what the smallest package alone commands.

The operation runs crewed through October 15, 2026. A buyer who moves within that window has the opportunity to meet and retain trained, Kona-experienced captains, divemasters, and staff, and to capture already booked Charters beyond that date — stepping into an operating business rather than assembling one.

Whether you’re an expanding charter or dive operator, an off-island brand seeking a Hawaiʻi flagship, or an experienced buyer prepared to run the operation directly, this is the most complete charter acquisition to reach the Kona market in decades.

Structured as a purchase of the permit-holding companies, with vessels, trailers, equipment, trade name, and goodwill conveying. Historical financials available to qualified buyers under NDA.

Included with the Companies: all four commercial permits in their established companies · BID trade name, goodwill, website, and review profiles · dive compressor, rental gear, and operating equipment · trailers for the ramp vessels · full specs in the individual package listings

Not included: retail inventory, office equipment, and the commercial building lease, which are being resolved separately by the sellers.