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
First Cathedral (Lanai)
Dive site in Maui, United States
Swim into a two-story lava-tube cavern off Lanai where sunbeams spotlight 'the Altar', then exit through the surge-timed 'shotgun' tube.
- Usual dive
- 18 m
- Deepest point
- 23 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Best months
- Mar–Oct
- Entry
- By boat
The dive
A cavern and rock formations dive from a boat. Known for turtles and nudibranchs.
Who it's for
Advanced≤30 mSource: scubadiving.com
Recommended minimum: Advanced (PADI Advanced Open Water, N2).
- OverheadPart of the dive is under a ceiling, without a direct way up.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Cavern, Rock formations, Reef
- Environment
- Cavern (daylight visible)
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Turtles
- Nudibranchs
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.
More dives in Maui
Wreck
down to 30 m
Carthaginian II
A former Lahaina whaling-museum ship scuttled in 2005 at 30 m, now a reef where frogfish can be found all over the hull.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Wall
down to 12 m
Black Rock (Ka'anapali)
- Open Water
- Whitetip reef sharks
Macro
down to 12 m
Ulua Beach
- Open Water
- Manta rays
Reef
down to 15 m
Honolua Bay
- Open Water
- Manta rays
Cavern
down to 12 m
Makena Landing (Five Caves / Five Graves)
- Advanced
- Whitetip reef sharks
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.