Maui Dive Sites
Dive into Maui’s world-famous waters, where sea turtles, spinner dolphins, and flourishing reefs create a mesmerizing underwater paradise. Explore the famous Molokini Crater, drift along reef walls, or take a sunset dive to witness the serene beauty of Hawaii’s second-largest island. Each dive unveils Maui’s serene charm, captivating divers with colorful coral gardens and unique marine encounters.
Dive Sites
Underwater arches, caves and swim throughs make up this popular shore diving site in Maui. This dive site in Maui is synonymous with green sea turtles and divers can explore the lava fingers that make up most of the underwater topography. The Bubble Cave has made this diving spot famous since divers can access an underwater lava tube that leads into a chamber where you can surface and remove your regulator. Sea turtles and white tip reef sharks frequent inside the lava tube.
Depth: 30 to 50 feet
Dive Type: Reef Dive
Experience Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Shore Dives of Maui
Mala Ramp is the remains of a historic pier that was built in 1922 and then destroyed by Hurricane Iniki in 1992. It is one of the most popular sites in Maui, and for good reason. The pier is home to resident white-tipped reef sharks, green turtles, various eel species, octopus, squid, schooling fish, and the elusive frogfish.
Depth: 20 to 30 feet
Dive Type: Shore Dive or Boat Dive
Experience Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Boat Dives of Maui
The Back Wall is one of the best dives in Maui, with 100-plus feet of viz in warm water, a manta ray and shark cleaning station popular with gray reef sharks, jacks, frogfish, octopuses, and nudibranchs. Large pelagic are always a possibility, with sightings of Hawaiian monk seals, whale sharks, manta rays and even humpbacks. During the height of the season, their singing reverberates off the wall.
Depth: 40 to 100 feet
Dive Type: Boat Dive
Experience Level: Advanced
There are two dive sites that consist of “Cathedrals” on the south coast of Lanai. They offer stunning topography, rare corals, and unique rock formations, ripe for exploring. The Cathedrals are large swim-throughs with fragmented rock 'windows' allowing light to filter through in a stained-glass window effect. There are plenty of critters and some endemic species to discover among the nooks and crannies of these intriguing sites.
Depth: 60 to 100 feet
Dive Type: Boat Dive
Experience Level: Advanced
The Carthaginian was a steel-hulled whaler that was used as a floating museum in Lahaina Harbor before being sunk as an artificial reef. It’s home to numerous cheerful species such as damselfish, goatfish, butterflyfish, and surgeonfish. It’s perfect for the curious wreck divers.
Depth: 100 feet
Dive Type: Wreck Dive
Experience Level: Intermediate to Advanced
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