Outrigger Kona Resort and Spa

 hotel, resort

78-128 Ehukai Street
Kailua Kona, HI 96740
(808) 930-4900
www.outrigger.com/hotels-resorts/hawaii/hawaii-island/o...

Built in 1971 as the Kona Surf Resort. The Irwin Allen disaster film "When Time Ran Out" was filmed at the hotel in 1979. Closed in 2000. Reopened in 2004 as the Sheraton Keauhou Bay, renamed Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay in 2012. Renamed Outrigger Kona Resort and Spa on August 25, 2021.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Time_Ran_Out

When the hotel was first built, lights shining into the water attracted large clouds of plankton which in turn attracted Manta Rays to feed in the area. every night you could stand on the cliffs over looking the water and watch 10 to 15 foot rays swimming around, turning somersaults as the feed. Many local dive shops featured night dives to swim with the rays.