Reef
down to 24 m
Airport Beach (Kahekili Beach Park)
An easy Ka'anapali shore dive with a 2-minute walk in and a gently sloping sandy bottom from 2 to 8 m.
- Open Water
Advanced≤30 m
Carthaginian II
Dive site in Maui, United States
A former Lahaina whaling-museum ship scuttled in 2005 at 30 m, now a reef where frogfish can be found all over the hull.
- Max depth
- 30 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Best months
- Mar–Oct
- Entry
- By boat
- Current
- Mild
The story
Built in 1920 in Kiel, Germany, as a two-masted schooner, Carthaginian II later served in Lahaina harbour as a symbol of the whaling industry. On December 13, 2005, she was towed and sunk about half a mile off Puamana Beach Park.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
The dive
A wreck and artificial reef dive from a boat. Known for turtles, eagle rays and frogfish.
Who it's for
Advanced≤30 mSource: new.in2scubadivingmaui.com
Recommended minimum: Advanced (PADI Advanced Open Water, N2).
- DepthThe usual dive goes deeper than lower certifications allow.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wreck, Artificial reef
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Turtles
- Eagle rays
- Frogfish
Season in Maui
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Mar–Oct.
Source: bluewaterdivetravel.comWhere is Maui?
The point shows the Maui area, not the exact dive site.
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- Advanced
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About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.