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We are heading to Maui in early April.? Will be staying at a family resort about 15 minutes north of Lahaina.? I hope to get away for a bit of diving one day.? I'm hoping to find a shop/guide that can get me to the most picturesque couple of sites. I think that would be a boat dive but I don't know Maui so maybe that would be a shore dive.??
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Brian Handly
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On Mar 16, 2025, at 5:36?PM, brian_handly via groups.io <abhandly@...> wrote:
? We are heading to Maui in early April.? Will be staying at a family resort about 15 minutes north of Lahaina.? I hope to get away for a bit of diving one day.? I'm hoping to find a shop/guide that can get me to the most picturesque couple of sites. I think that would be a boat dive but I don't know Maui so maybe that would be a shore dive.??
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Looking for recommendations and/or comments.
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Thanks,
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Brian Handly
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Ed Robinson retired quite a while ago. Get on a boat that goes super early to Molakini, the winds pick up. There are ones that leave early out out Kehi I may be spelling that wrong.
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? Ed robins On Mar 16, 2025, at 5:36?PM, brian_handly via groups.io <abhandly@...> wrote:
? We are heading to Maui in early April.? Will be staying at a family resort about 15 minutes north of Lahaina.? I hope to get away for a bit of diving one day.? I'm hoping to find a shop/guide that can get me to the most picturesque couple of sites. I think that would be a boat dive but I don't know Maui so maybe that would be a shore dive.??
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Looking for recommendations and/or comments.
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Thanks,
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Brian Handly
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I would not go to Molikini for pictures
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On Mar 16, 2025, at 6:40?PM, regina roberts via groups.io <kelpdiver2001@...> wrote:
? Ed Robinson retired quite a while ago. Get on a boat that goes super early to Molakini, the winds pick up. There are ones that leave early out out Kehi I may be spelling that wrong. Regina On Mar 16, 2025, at 6:36?PM, scott tims <setims@...> wrote:
? Ed robins On Mar 16, 2025, at 5:36?PM, brian_handly via groups.io <abhandly@...> wrote:
? We are heading to Maui in early April.? Will be staying at a family resort about 15 minutes north of Lahaina.? I hope to get away for a bit of diving one day.? I'm hoping to find a shop/guide that can get me to the most picturesque couple of sites. I think that would be a boat dive but I don't know Maui so maybe that would be a shore dive.??
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Looking for recommendations and/or comments.
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Thanks,
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Brian Handly
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Why? I really loved diving at Molikini.
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On Mar 16, 2025, at 6:43?PM, scott tims via groups.io <setims@...> wrote:
? I would not go to Molikini for pictures On Mar 16, 2025, at 6:40?PM, regina roberts via groups.io <kelpdiver2001@...> wrote:
? Ed Robinson retired quite a while ago. Get on a boat that goes super early to Molakini, the winds pick up. There are ones that leave early out out Kehi I may be spelling that wrong. Regina On Mar 16, 2025, at 6:36?PM, scott tims <setims@...> wrote:
? Ed robins On Mar 16, 2025, at 5:36?PM, brian_handly via groups.io <abhandly@...> wrote:
? We are heading to Maui in early April.? Will be staying at a family resort about 15 minutes north of Lahaina.? I hope to get away for a bit of diving one day.? I'm hoping to find a shop/guide that can get me to the most picturesque couple of sites. I think that would be a boat dive but I don't know Maui so maybe that would be a shore dive.??
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Looking for recommendations and/or comments.
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Thanks,
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Brian Handly
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Molokini can be great for CFWA and possible dolphin sightings. I wasn’t shooting photos, just casual video, but those two dives were the best of our trip to Maui a year ago December.?
Sami
On Sun, Mar 16, 2025 at 19:54 regina roberts via <kelpdiver2001= [email protected]> wrote: Why? I really loved diving at Molikini. ?I would not go to Molikini for pictures On Mar 16, 2025, at 6:40?PM, regina roberts via <kelpdiver2001=[email protected]> wrote:
?Ed Robinson retired quite a while ago. Get on a boat that goes super early to Molakini, the winds pick up. There are ones that leave early out out Kehi I may be spelling that wrong. Regina On Mar 16, 2025, at 6:36?PM, scott tims <setims@...> wrote:
?Ed robins ? We are heading to Maui in early April.? Will be staying at a family resort about 15 minutes north of Lahaina.? I hope to get away for a bit of diving one day.? I'm hoping to find a shop/guide that can get me to the most picturesque couple of sites. I think that would be a boat dive but I don't know Maui so maybe that would be a shore dive.??
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Looking for recommendations and/or comments.
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Thanks,
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Brian Handly
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The best dive sites are at Lanai Island. These days, the only dive boats going there from Maui are Dive Maui which leaves from Lahaina with a large inflatable or Maui Diamond which leaves from Maalea Harbor with a much larger boat. You might also want to consider doing some shore dives in West Maui with Extended Horizons. They lost their boat and shop in the fire, but are building their business back up.? Jerry Marks
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? We are heading to Maui in early April.? Will be staying at a family resort about 15 minutes north of Lahaina.? I hope to get away for a bit of diving one day.? I'm hoping to find a shop/guide that can get me to the most picturesque couple of sites. I think that would be a boat dive but I don't know Maui so maybe that would be a shore dive.??
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Looking for recommendations and/or comments.
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Brian Handly
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I second Extended Horizons.? Great people.
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There is good shore diving just south of where you'll be staying, at Mala Warf, Black Rock and Kahekili/Airport Beach.
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The best dive sites are at Lanai Island. These days, the only dive boats going there from Maui are Dive Maui which leaves from Lahaina with a large inflatable or Maui Diamond which leaves from Maalea Harbor with a much larger boat. You might also want to consider doing some shore dives in West Maui with Extended Horizons. They lost their boat and shop in the fire, but are building their business back up.?
Jerry Marks
On Mar 16, 2025, at 5:36?PM, brian_handly via groups.io <abhandly@...> wrote:
We are heading to Maui in early April.? Will be staying at a family resort about 15 minutes north of Lahaina.? I hope to get away for a bit of diving one day.? I'm hoping to find a shop/guide that can get me to the most picturesque couple of sites. I think that would be a boat dive but I don't know Maui so maybe that would be a shore dive.??
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Looking for recommendations and/or comments.
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Thanks,
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Brian Handly
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Agreed, I used SCUBA Shack at ?2349 S Kihei Rd, Kihei, HI 96753 in 2015....did a drift dive on the back side of Molokini and then a Turtle dive after...Charley was good and understood it was my last dive as I was turning
70 after 53 years of diving...well worth the efforts!
Pete Ingenhutt
209-617-1324
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I like Maui Dreams in Kihei
Agreed, I used SCUBA Shack at ?2349 S Kihei Rd, Kihei, HI 96753 in 2015....did a drift dive on the back side of Molokini and then a Turtle dive after...Charley was good and understood it was my last dive as I was turning
70 after 53 years of diving...well worth the efforts!
Pete Ingenhutt
209-617-1324
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Bob Halem San Jose, CA
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+1 for Extended Horizons, a family operation. They were my favorite operator with a nice, all-metal boat that they trailered to the Mala Wharf, just north of downtown Lahaina, the town that no longer exists. They went to Lanai every morning (unless conditions were perfect and they went to Molokai). Somehow, the boat was destroyed in the fire. Then the husband got sick (cancer IIRC) and needed treatment off-island. I think he did OK. Their intent was to conduct shore dives for a while, hopefully getting back into a boat. I haven't dived with them in that configuration but hope to do so in May/June when I'm there next.?
If you can get to Lanai, it's my favorite Maui trip. Cathedral I and II are a kick, involving a small grotto that you swim into, look around, then get shot out through a small hole in the wall under tidal thrust. Very cool. Fairly long boat ride but worth it.
Mala Wharf is the best shore dive I've found there. Get there early to find parking. You need a dive flag and it's a long walk out to the left of the ancient wrecked pier, then fun diving in and out of the concrete wreckage, all shallow. There's a bathroom and outdoor shower for rinsing off. I don't know what the fire next door did to this facility. Again, hoping to find out this summer.
Have fun!
/Rick
The best dive sites are at Lanai Island. These days, the only dive boats going there from Maui are Dive Maui which leaves from Lahaina with a large inflatable or Maui Diamond which leaves from Maalea Harbor with a much larger boat. You might also want to consider doing some shore dives in West Maui with Extended Horizons. They lost their boat and shop in the fire, but are building their business back up.? Jerry Marks ? We are heading to Maui in early April.? Will be staying at a family resort about 15 minutes north of Lahaina.? I hope to get away for a bit of diving one day.? I'm hoping to find a shop/guide that can get me to the most picturesque couple of sites. I think that would be a boat dive but I don't know Maui so maybe that would be a shore dive.??
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Looking for recommendations and/or comments.
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Thanks,
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Brian Handly
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Rick Tavan
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Mala Warf and the area immediately adjacent to it, including the shower/toilets were spared by the fire.?
It's back open.?
Various shops, including Extended Horizons (my favorite, too!), have guided shore dives there.?
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? +1 for Extended Horizons, a family operation. They were my favorite operator with a nice, all-metal boat that they trailered to the Mala Wharf, just north of downtown Lahaina, the town that no longer exists. They went to Lanai every morning (unless conditions were perfect and they went to Molokai). Somehow, the boat was destroyed in the fire. Then the husband got sick (cancer IIRC) and needed treatment off-island. I think he did OK. Their intent was to conduct shore dives for a while, hopefully getting back into a boat. I haven't dived with them in that configuration but hope to do so in May/June when I'm there next.?
If you can get to Lanai, it's my favorite Maui trip. Cathedral I and II are a kick, involving a small grotto that you swim into, look around, then get shot out through a small hole in the wall under tidal thrust. Very cool. Fairly long boat ride but worth it.
Mala Wharf is the best shore dive I've found there. Get there early to find parking. You need a dive flag and it's a long walk out to the left of the ancient wrecked pier, then fun diving in and out of the concrete wreckage, all shallow. There's a bathroom and outdoor shower for rinsing off. I don't know what the fire next door did to this facility. Again, hoping to find out this summer.
Have fun!
/Rick The best dive sites are at Lanai Island. These days, the only dive boats going there from Maui are Dive Maui which leaves from Lahaina with a large inflatable or Maui Diamond which leaves from Maalea Harbor with a much larger boat. You might also want to consider doing some shore dives in West Maui with Extended Horizons. They lost their boat and shop in the fire, but are building their business back up.? Jerry Marks ? We are heading to Maui in early April.? Will be staying at a family resort about 15 minutes north of Lahaina.? I hope to get away for a bit of diving one day.? I'm hoping to find a shop/guide that can get me to the most picturesque couple of sites. I think that would be a boat dive but I don't know Maui so maybe that would be a shore dive.??
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Looking for recommendations and/or comments.
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Thanks,
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Brian Handly
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Rick Tavan
Truckee and Saratoga, CA
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