You Can't Swim with Dolphins Kona, Hawaii on Kona Snorkel Tours | Kona Snorkel Trips

Many people come from far and wide to swim with dolphins Kona on Kona snorkel tours but changes to legislation now make that impossible. Tour operators used to take people to swim with dolphins in Kona, Hawaii but NOAA, a federal agency, has made that impossible with regulations that prohibit being within 50 yards of the dolphins while they rest in coves and bays near shore. 'Why do the dolphins do that?' You may ask, and why are they resting during the day? Hawaiian spinner dolphins are nocturnal creatures and they hunt for their food at night using their sonar. When morning comes they head off to bed shutting down one half of their brain at a time to rest. When tour operators drop tourists on them it disturbs them and they move away. The tour boats will then pick up their customers and drop them on the dolphins again in a process called leap frogging. This is a problem because the dolphins have no way of escaping! So now that you know why you can't swim with dolphins Kona Snorkel trips has many other adventurious options including the manta ray snorkel and the Captain Cook snorkeling tour.
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