Oct. 30—Tours offering close encounters with manta rays have become a must-do activity for many Hawaii visitors, especially at two sites off the Kona Coast where vessels deposit hundreds of snorkelers ...

The black-sand beachfront at the Kona Village, A Rosewood Resort. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Rosewood Hotels On the Kona Coast, new life has been given to an old favorite. The long-closed Kona Village ...

While some in the western United States are making the shift to Los Cabos, in recent years the Big Island of Hawaii’s dramatic, lava-lined coast has become the hot spot for outsize luxury compounds, ...

The famed Kona coast covers about two-thirds of the western coastline of Hawaii Island—the perfect spot for spectacular sunsets. At the heart of Kona is the town of Kailua-Kona, where many of the area ...

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HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - A man on the Big Island captured an amazing Earth Day encounter off the Kona coast. Seth Conae and a friend decided to go spear-fishing for some exercise on ...

The business handles dozens of exclusive Kona Coast vacation rentals, and the company’s target customers are couples, families or small groups seeking “authentic experiences.” Fresh and innovative ...

KONA, Hawaii (KHON2) — A humpback whale was spotted this morning off Kealakekua Bay in Kona on Hawaiʻi Island, and experts are calling the sighting extremely rare. That’s because normally during this ...

The “Red Sea Moss” Lyngbya came to the Kona Coast this month, and it is best avoided. Blooms of lyngbya occur on the Kona Coast. A lyngbya bloom in the late summer of 2015 occurred at Kohanaiki. Some ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - An injured boat captain airlifted by the Coast Guard last week while more than 100 miles off the Kona coast is telling the story about what led up to the rescue.