Captain Bob's Adventure Cruise

Has anyone taken the ';Captain Bob%26#39;s Adventure Cruise';? What can you tell me about it? do you recommend this? It would 4 girls in 20%26#39;s. Thanks for your help.

Captain Bob's Adventure Cruise

I took it in April 2006. Maybe the regular boat was under repair or something (some posters claim it was great) but it was the worst waste of time and money I have ever experienced in Hawaii.

This is what I said about it in a previous post:

We hated Capt. Bob%26#39;s last year. We thought it was a complete waste of time and money (badly kept boat, indifferent crew, unappetizing food, lousy snorkeling and a LONG, not very scenic, bus ride to windward side). We were stuck with it due to the Waikiki pollution in April 2006 but there are better trips that go to places off Diamond Head and Waikiki.

There were not a lot of other boats there where Bob%26#39;s went but perhaps there was a reason... the wind made it very cold (it was April) and no one stayed in the water very long at the sandbar. Hence no volleyball, etc. The snorkel site was very mediocre, with poor visibility from runoff and stirred up sand. The boat (a motor boat, not a sailboat as in the picture on the web site at the time) was rundown. We did not eat the food, preferring to wait and eat something more appetizing.

This is probably the most negative I%26#39;ve been about anything on this forum. Sorry, but it was really a bad experience for us. Try searching the Oahu forums for Ko Olina Cat, Outrigger Cat, etc. and see if you can find some trips people liked.';

Captain Bob's Adventure Cruise

Thank you for letting me know. I will take off my list and look for something else.

I respect the review from Honu_Ohana. But, April of 2006 was nothing but rain %26amp; floods for the entire month.

Kaneohe Bay was not swimmable during most of that time.

I have not been on the cruise so I cannot recommend it.

Here are some other reviews:

tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60982-d52鈥?/a>

Hey Dusty! Looks like everyone on the link you provided had good things to say. I will look into it some more. We did the Mai Tai catamaran last year and it was fun so i have the impression that it might be similar

Thanks!

Hey Monkey00,

I was thinking of doing this as well. I don%26#39;t know how much it is but it sounds like so much fun. My sister who use to live there for about 3yrs advised Sands bar a must! She said the only way to see this was by boat. Let me know if you find any other trips such as this. The main reason I wanted to do this trip was because we did something similar in Cozumel. Where you take a boat to a private island, barbecue, do volleyball %26amp; snorkeling/Kayaking. I was looking for something like this in Hawaii but the only thing I saw similar was Captains Bob%26#39;s cruise.

I think you will enjoy the cruise if, like the other people who reviewed it, you want a day on a boat and several activities. If you are going just for the snorkeling or want a nice sailboat I think there are trips leaving from the leeward side that would be a better trip for that.

I know April was a bad month for runoff, but the poorly maintained and dirty boat and unappetizing food and foodservice and indifferent crew were offputting, compared to other trips we have been on in Hawaii and the Caribbean. Plus the underwater site, even in clear water, was not spectacular.

Here are some alternatives I found when we were planning our trip, but did not take because of the day of week and/or Waikiki pollution incident:

KoOlina Cat (this leaves from 45 minutes north of Waikiki but the website says they have Waikiki pickup)

http://www.hawaiinautical.com/tours.asp#1

Outrigger Catamaran

http://www.outriggercatamaranhawaii.com/

Th, Th, Sa off the beach in front of the Outrigger Waikiki

Here are some others:

hawaiiactivities.com/us/鈥?0

www.bikehawaii.com/snorkel_adventures.html

My wife and I have done this cruise and plan to go again this summer with our son and daughter in law.

We drove to the pier, so I can%26#39;t comment about the bus. The boat, crew, and food were fine. Had a great time playing volleyball, sunning and socializing. The snorkeling was good, not the best ever, but fun. The interactions between guests and crew really made the day.

Maybe Honu Ohana hit them at a bad time. I would consider an experience two years ago like Ohana%26#39;s and mine which is three years ago not a particularly reliable predictor of current excursions. Would like to know more recent experiences if anyone could share.

BTW, we kayaked K-Bay to the sandbar last year and had a good time too.

Thanks everyone! I will look into ALL suggestions. The other 3 girls have left me to decide on what to do so i have the pressure of choosing the right stuff. My trip wont be for a few months but i like to plan ahead :)

My 15 yo son and I did Captain Bob%26#39;s in January 2008. It was a fun day out. It%26#39;s about a half hour drive to the boat so you get to do a bit of sightseeing on the way, the food was simple (hamburgers with salad, beans and cornchips, fruitsalad) but it tasted good and was fresh, the crew were great and very attentive to everyone%26#39;s wants and needs. The volleyball was a fun way to get some interaction happening and lots of laughs. You actually stop here so you can get your snorkel gear organised, fitted and tested and, then the boat moves to the reef. I agree that it%26#39;s not the best coral in the world but there is some pretty coloured coral there and the fish were cool. We saw turtles as we were cruising which was so cool!!! Their cute little heads would pop out of the water. I would recommend it for a fun all around day out. I think the best part was there was no one else around, so just us to enjoy the environment.

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