Waikiki Atlantis Submarine Adventure

Overview

Explore Waikiki’s marine mysteries while diving more than 100 feet underwater in an air-conditioned, eco-friendly, battery-powered submarine! A special added bonus of this tour experience is seeing Waikiki’s beautiful coastline and scenic Diamond Head as guests ride our shuttle boat to the dive site.

Atlantis Submarines Waikiki provides a breathtaking experience as guests see up close colorful marine life, vibrant artificial reefs created from sunken ships, airplane parts and other structures. It’s like scuba diving without getting wet!

Our submarines are quiet and emit no pollutants while exploring the ocean depths, ensuring marine life is left undisturbed.

Our 64-passenger submarine is Atlantis’s flagship submarine, offering comfort, plenty of headroom and large viewing portals to watch nature in action. Join us for the undersea adventure of a lifetime!

City: Oahu

Thu 26 Sep

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Starting at $175.43

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Thu 26 Sep

Starting at $175.43

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What's Included

Complete live professional narration in English

Submarine dive

Local taxes

Pre-recorded audio available in Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese

Shuttle boat to submarine dive site

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
All passengers must be capable of ascending and descending a near vertical ladder to board the submarine
Children must be minimum 36 inches in height to ride the submarine.
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff
Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival
Due to updated Coast Guard requirements, all guests and crew must wear masks while in enclosed spaces aboard all our vessels which include Atlantis Submarines. Atlantis Adventures will no longer require guests to show proof of vaccinations or negative Covid-19 tests at the time of check-in.

What To Expect

Atlantis Submarines Waikiki

The Atlantis submarine Hawaii adventure begins with a short (approximately 10 minutes) shuttle ride out to the submarine boarding site. Descending below, your time underwater on the Oahu submarine tour is around 45 minutes. Returning to the world above, your shuttle is waiting to return you to land. The Oahu submarine tour dive site is home to many Hawaiian fish, coral and turtles. On this truly eye-opening experience, you'll visit sunken ships, airplanes and other artificial reefs. The submarine has a spacious air-conditioned interior, large view ports and comfortable seating. If you haven't taken a trip to the bottom of the ocean before, the Atlantis Submarine Oahu Adventure is a "must do" for the whole family during your visit to Hawaii. Check out the world's largest hi-tech 64-passenger submarine offers an enhanced amount of personal space and large viewports only available to Premium Tour passengers.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (772)

MannyG2000

Jul 2018

Most men imagine it would be really exciting to ride a submarine and see lots of underwater sights, and so they drag their wives and children on this ride, but here’s the reality: 1. This area of Oahu has almost no living coral or kelp to speak of. The underwater view is mostly like a dead moonscape. There are a few fish, a turtle or shark here and there (distant), but no large schools. 2. So the sub has to go down to 100 feet, where there are a few artificial reefs (concrete and pipes) that are really ugly, and a few sunken ships and airplanes (but you’ll only see them for a few minutes, perhaps less than 5 minutes out of the 45 minutes underwater). Because the sunlight is so weak at this depth, the sub has to pass very close to whatever objects you’re supposed to be looking at, so you can hardly appreciate what they are (imagine looking at a Ferrari, but so close that you can only see one square foot at a time). 3. At this depth there is no color spectrum (only longwave blue light reaches this deep), so everything is a drab blue-grey, whether wrecks or rocks or fish. The sub had no spotlights to compensate. 4. The operators know there is not enough here to hold your attention for 45 minutes, so there is an on-board comedian screaming over the public address, so loudly as to be painful. All the crew seem to be hard of hearing, because they let him shout the whole time. The jokes were occasionally mildly entertaining but 5 minutes would have been enough; stretching it to 45 minutes was torture. In sum, this was a lot of money to spend, for not very much of an experience.

Michael C

Jul 2018

Not heaps to see but a good experience and something ours kids really enjoyed. The staff were great and the boat ride out was really picturesque. Fun activity in all.

SouthernBred59

Jul 2018

We did this activity because we had about 5 hours to wait after checking out of our hotel before our flight. We were at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, so it was a convenient option. A bit pricey for what we got, but overall good experience. We booked on the premium sub- which was a few more dollars but had larger viewing windows- and I found it to be better than the regular sub, which I had done thought Atlantis in Barbados. You will go out on a boat to the sub, and if you are Premium you will get on your sub first, then board the sub directly from your boat while anchored in the water. Regular sub passengers then go to their sub and board. We were down about 45 minutes, and saw several schools of colorful fish as well as a sea turtle and sunken ships and planes. The best part was the approximately 20 minute boat ride to get to the sub. Good idea to go in the morning, while the water is calmer. If the water is choppy there is a chance of seasickness. But never fear- they tell you that they sell motion sickness remedies on board :) There also is a concession stand and restrooms on the boar, but not on the sub.