Banana boats cause smiling. We believe this to be scientific fact, though we can’t prove it.
Quick Details
⌛ Ride is 15 minutes allow 90 minutes for your experience.
🕑 Reservation time is your office check-in time.
🗓️ Available Monday-Friday (except Holidays) 9:00am – 3:30pm.
🦺 All Safety Equipment Provided & Required.
🥽 Goggles available for rent.
Bumper Tube Oahu Info
- Pricing is per person.
- 15 minute Bumper Tube ride.
- Up to 3 participants per bumper tube ride (depending on total weight).
- Available Monday through Friday (Except Holidays) 9am-3:30pm.
- Swimwear and towels are recommended.
- Storage bins are available on our activities platform.
- Observers welcome for a fee.
What to Expect
- Your reservation time is your check-in time.
- After you are signed in, we’ll ask you to wait on the back deck for our shuttle. It will take you to the Activity Platform.
- Upon arrival you will be greeted by a Coordinator and placed in a group.
- A bit of patience may be required, but once you get started, time will quickly fade from consideration.
- When you finish your activities, catch the shuttle back to the office (it runs every 20 minutes or so).
- Once you return to our office you will get to see the pictures and videos that we have captured for you.
- We do our best to capture all of your experiences. Sometimes our equipment fails, or a staff member will make a mistake. And sometimes the ocean water just blurs the pictures. But we try!
What to Bring (Recommended, not required)
- Swimwear and towels – you will get wet!
- Hats & sunglasses at your own risk
- Please lather up at the dock – spray sunscreen may not be applied on any boat
- Water
Restrictions
- Pregnant women may not participate.
- Must be 5 years old to participate.
FAQ
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Currently we are not providing Waikiki transportation.
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Your check-in takes place at our Hawai’i Kai Shopping Center headquarters located on a private marina with access to Maunalua Bay.
377 Keahole St. E103, Honolulu, HI. 96825
Free parking.
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A bumper tube is an inflatable inner tube that you lay on as you are pulled behind a jet ski.
Bumper Tube: As Wet As You Can Get Without Submerging.
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You are on your tummy, your face just inches from the water and the wake of a jet ski. Sound wet enough? Whether you are in Maunalua Bay or the Hawai‘i Kai Lagoon, our advice is simple: Don’t let go! The result will be momentary, total immersion in Hawaiian waters!
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There are two basic requirements: The ability to stay seated and hang on. Everyone wears a life vest. The water is shallow and you can get quite damp.
Minimum age is 5 years young.
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Hands free cameras are welcome; selfie sticks are dangerous and not permitted.
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Digital media photos and GoPro digital video services are available to all participants; we are the only company that records video of every ride.
Our digital media center offers media for immediate purchase.
The lovely Hawai’i Kai coastline, Koko Crater, Koko Head and the Ko’olau Mountain Range are a spectacular backdrop.
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Observers are welcome on our activity island.
If space is available, they can upgrade to the banana boat ride.
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Other activities get underway from the same floating activities island, so plan on staying for the parasailing, plus banana boat and bumper tube rides (all on a space-available basis).
The floating activities island has open areas for sunbathing and covered areas where you can shade yourself from the warm Hawai’i sun.
View our packages here.