Guided Shore Dives in West Maui

[4Tide]

Hi,
I am a newly certified diver and new to scubaboard. I am going to Maui in 2 weeks and was wondering if anyone does guided dives at Honolua Bay. I am also thinking to dive Black Rock. Any other top shore dives not to be missed? Thanks

 

[diversteve]

Check with West Side Divers - Beach Dives (formerly Pacific Dive). They do guided dives in West Maui.

 

[Al Mialkovsky]

Honolua is one of my favorite dives. Not so sure you need a guide for that as it's pretty easy. You either go left side or right. I do left, lots do right. They will break into your car there so what we always do is leave the windows down and we leave nothing of value in the car. Never had a problem because of that

 

[TSandM]

I agree that the navigation at Honolua is pretty easy -- keep the reef on one shoulder going out, and the other coming back. But if you are brand new, it might be quite useful to have local advice on cove conditions, and whether the entry is going to be safe for you or not. If you haven't done surf entries, they can be challenging, and if I recall correctly, the footing at Honolua is round rocks, rather than relatively forgiving sand.

Although I don't know this for sure, I would imagine that most of the dive shops would have some DMs who could be available (for a fee) to guide some local shore diving. In the south end, Shaka Doug here on SB makes his business doing that, and gets very good reviews.

 

[muddiver]

Tiny Bubbles scuba does guided dives on the west side.

Tiny Bubbles Scuba - Maui Hawaii, Maui Scuba Diving, Maui Dive Instruction, Maui Dive Locations

 

[4Tide]

thanks for your replies.