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

Tue 24 Sep

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Starting at $175.43

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Tue 24 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)

PennyG61

Oct 2017

We had been watching the Atlantis submarine from our hotel balcony and thought it would be fun to do on our last day in Waikiki. So glad we did, it was a really enjoyable way to spend a couple of hours. The boat trip out to the submarine site is an experience in itself with fantastic views of Honolulu and Waikiki. The submarine was quite easy to board and the windows were large and offered good viewing. We saw lots of fish but not much else, there was one reef shark but unfortunaltely it was on the other side so we didn't see it. Wildlife viewing is always pot luck, we understand that. Overall I would recommend the submarine adventure more for the experience of being in a submarine and 100 ft under rather than for the actual fish viewing. No it's not cheap but the upkeep on the subs must be significant so it's understandable why the charge these prices. I thought it was good value for money.

Traveler1377

Oct 2017

This attraction is definitely more of a ride/experience than a chance to actually view wildlife in the ocean, despite all the promotional materials that feature an improbable array of colorful fish, sharks, rays, turtles, etc. Unless you're supremely lucky, you won't see that. It was fine for our purposes, but if our child had been older or more savvy, he would have been disappointed. (My son is 4 years old and obsessed with the ocean, and loves being on boats.) We were picked up at our hotel by a van emblazoned with pictures of the Atlantis submarine and drove around town picking up other guests. Then we were dropped off at a pier on Waikiki Beach near the Hilton Hawaiian Village, where we got our "boarding passes" (pieces of laminated cardboard) and waited for the ferry to come in. A photographer took our photo with Diamond Head as a backdrop, later to offer prints and magnets for "only" 45 dollars. This was the moment that the experience crystallized as Disney Lite for me. The ferry ride away from shore was enjoyable. There is a concession stand on the boat, but we ignored it and went upstairs for the view. There are also bathrooms on board that you should take advantage of, since there are no bathrooms on the Atlantis submarines. We got great views of Waikiki and Honolulu, and more photos of Diamond Head. The water is a sparkling turquoise that turns to blue as you go into deeper areas. Part of the tour involves explaining the science of why this is. As we neared the location of the submarine, we were able to watch it emerging to the surface, after which its previous passengers were let off (slowly, as you have to climb up a narrow set of stairs through an open hatch, and even slower as people realized they could ask the crew for photos of themselves with Diamond Head in the background). Once everyone was on board the ferry, new passengers in our group were called to board the submarine. The boarding passes are color coded so that you know when it is your turn. My 4 year old had no problem getting down the stairs climbing backwards, but I noticed that some older adults and parents with really young children took a while to get up and down - something to think about if anyone in your family/group has any mobility concerns. On the way out, there was some water dripping near the stairwell as well, which could have made it slippery for some people. The tour itself takes you to five specified locations, which you can follow along with in your "dive guide". It's mainly artificial reefs and deliberately sunken ships and an airplane. The visibility at midday was decent, so whatever was around was easy to see. Doing this tour when it isn't sunny probably wouldn't be as satisfying. The tour guide was very chatty and made a lot of half-funny remarks, including some jokes at the crowd's expense (like pretending that he saw a whale, then chuckling at people who fell for it). My son just tuned him out - it was way too much talking and the information was sprinkled in between the jokes. Speakers of other languages had headphones that they could listen to, presumably of a pre-recorded tour. The actual views out of the ship were okay. And I really mean just okay. We saw fish, one random ray, and a sea turtle resting on the sunken ship, but it wasn't a very immersive experience. I think that the promotional materials oversell the view. Supposedly we had a good run and were able to see "a lot", so I'd imagine that other tours take place in which people are rather disappointed. If you really want to see specific creatures or a large variety of fish, you should go to the aquarium. If you're in it for the boat ride and just being on the sub, this is a slightly overpriced but fun experience. My son wanted to go "again and again" but this is not something I would repeat.

Lrayscott

Oct 2017

I was a little nervous getting on a small sub thinking it was going to leak and we all drown but I thought about it and I have never heard of a small sub accident and they go out a couple times a day for many years now. I was so glad I went. You ride the boat out to the sub and climb down into it. Comfortable seating and cruise around 100+ feet below the surface. You get to see lots of fish, we even saw a shark and some rays. I was really happy with the experience. After it's over you come back up and get back on the boat and head back to shore. They gave me a free book with info about the sub and examples of fish and creatures you may see. If you get sea sick take medicine, the ride out and back has plenty of boat rocking waves. Once you go under in the sub it's a smooth ride.