Kayaks and Diving

An option for beach access dives or from Live-aboards, we have found a Kayak you can pack in a big bag and carry on an airplane and in the trunk of your car.

Introducing the inflatable, Aire Kayak, a good tool for diving where you want, for as LONG as you want to! This boat is for 1 or 2 divers. With the addition of scuba gear, two tanks fit fine, four tanks won't really be practical.

In this photo, we are about 1.5 miles off shore, on the Boynton reef system. This is about a 15 to 20 minute paddle from the Palm Beach Hawaiian Inn.

This boat is so stable tipping concerns do not exist. Even if you do manage to tip the boat, it does not matter because it self bails, and floats no matter what.

Normal proceedure is for one diver to tow it with a flag flying. It has such low drag it is actually easier to pull than a float ball. In this photo we were making sure we had found the reef (we had), so in another minute there was no one left in the boat.

In this photo you see a freediver on the 43 foot deep crown of the Boynton reef system.

This is a close up of what the actual Boynton reef itself looks like (shot with a Nikonos V and double 103 strobes).

The shallow reef systems like this one in 10 feet, just off shore of the Palm Beach Hawaiian Inn, or much larger ones like the one off of the Breakers Hotel on Palm Beach, are close to shore, and easy for anyone to paddle to.

Access to these shallow sites is quite easy if you stay at the Hawaiian, or if you drive to the Beach by Worth Avenue in Palm Beach, and inflate and launch from either place.

And some people will just keep these kayaks inflated, and car top them, causing only a few minor complications like stairways.

If you would like to know more about this inflatable kayak, or have some questions about diving from a kayak in general, e-mail us your questions at dlv@gate.net, and please use the words "Kayak questions" in the subject header. Or, for immediate information, call Waterways Kayak direct at 1-954-921-8944.