{"id":184,"date":"2013-07-08T23:53:38","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T03:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wetrocksdiving.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=184"},"modified":"2017-02-08T20:02:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T01:02:44","slug":"benefits-to-training-in-kona","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/?page_id=184","title":{"rendered":"Benefits to Training in Kona"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Benefits to Training in Kona<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Great diving means potential for amazing dives before and after class, and on class experience dives.<\/li>\n<li>355+ boat diving days a year means weather is less likely to affect your class.<\/li>\n<li>Cuz it&#8217;s winter at home and always lovely weather in Kona!<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s a direct, non-stop flight from many US and Canadian west coast cities.<\/li>\n<li>Nitrox is plentiful.<\/li>\n<li>Feels like an exotic location, but your domestic US cell phone works without roaming and no foreign transaction fees on the credit cards.<\/li>\n<li>Most of the time, we&#8217;re able to use pools, training sites, classrooms, fill stations, and charter operators located very close to town. Less time traveling equals more time diving and learning.<\/li>\n<li>Water temps in the 70s means no dry gloves or thick gloves (unless you want to).<\/li>\n<li>Water temps in the 70s means more comfort and ability to spend more time in the water.<\/li>\n<li>Many non-diving and topside activities keeps travel companions occupied and happy!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #111111;\">For more on Kona underwater and topside conditions, features, and attractions, see our\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #1982d1;\" title=\"Kona, Hawaii\" href=\"https:\/\/wetrocksdiving.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=24\">About Kona<\/a><span style=\"color: #111111;\">\u00a0and <a title=\"Kona: Rec, Tech, Manta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/?page_id=173\">Kona Diving<\/a> sections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wetrocksdiving.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/2009-hawaii-dive-641-greencan-015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1091\" src=\"https:\/\/wetrocksdiving.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/2009-hawaii-dive-641-greencan-015-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/2009-hawaii-dive-641-greencan-015-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/2009-hawaii-dive-641-greencan-015-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/2009-hawaii-dive-641-greencan-015-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/2009-hawaii-dive-641-greencan-015.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benefits to Training in Kona Great diving means potential for amazing dives before and after class, and on class experience dives. 355+ boat diving days a year means weather is less likely to affect your class. Cuz it&#8217;s winter at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/?page_id=184\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4,"menu_order":30,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"showcase.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-184","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2617,"href":"https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184\/revisions\/2617"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}