A favorite with snorkelers, Honolua Bay, on the northwest
tip of Maui, offers seclusion and a variety of colorful reef fish. Farther
out, divers can spot manta rays and barracudas cruising where the bottom
drops to about 50 feet.
Black Rock: 30 feet - Novice to intermediate
Front of the Sheraton Hotel on Kaanapali Beach, Black
Rock is an easy shallow dive over sand and lava formations. A good site
for beginning night divers.
Five Caves: 45 feet - Intermediate to advanced
Green sea turtles and squirrelfish lurk in the cracks
and crevices of the five caves carved into the reef that runs perpendicular
to the shore. On occasion, whitetip reef sharks mingle with the colorful
reef fish. Avoid this site when the surf is up.
Molokini Crater: 10-90 feet - Novice to advanced
Drift diving the vertical wall on the back side of Molokini
Crater is a pulse-pounding adventure of the first order for advanced divers,
conditions permitting. Look for rays, yellowfin tuna, trevally jacks and
other large pelagics. Inside the 15 to 70-foot-deep crater is a marine
preserve so the schools of butterflyfish, surgeonfish and wrasses are thick
and bold.
Rainbow Aquarium: 30 feet - Intermediate
A labyrinth of lava near Kihei, this site is home to
herds of hovering tropicals. Locals call this the Aquarium because you
can find so many of the colorful endemic species.
Maui Dive Sites