Dive Sites

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Oahu is rich with beautiful and exciting dive sites. We've listed some of the dives you can explore when you begin your adventure with us. Be sure to contact us for details on which sites have the best conditions.

Pinnacles

Two large rock formations in the middle of the sand rising up about 40 feet from the bottom. The top of the structure is 60-70 feet going down to 100 ft. These incredible formations are home to lots of reef fish, large eels, large sea turtles, octopus and occasionally white tip reef sharks find a snuggly place to sleep under the ledges. Close by find fields of Garden Eels reaching out of the sand in hopes the current will bring lunch their way.

The Ledge

This amazing site is a ledge running parallel to shore about 60feet down. This ledge is a very popular neighborhood to white tipped reef sharks. We have also visited a very large male Frogfish who seems to have anywhere from 1 to 3 lady friends with him on any given day. We are not sure why as he is not the most handsome gent we have seen! But the male divers salute him as we pass by! Large scorpionfish are here and schools of butterfly fish, or yellow tang seem to follow us around proudly showing us their beautiful home.

YO-257

This old navy oiler was specially prepared for diving and deliberately sunk on the South Shore in 1989. The YO is an excellent multilevel dive with a depth range of 110-55 ft/ 33-15 m. Navigation is easy, as the boat mooring is centered on the wreck. You will see good coral growth and sea turtles, and an occasional white tip reef shark and spotted eagle ray. Depending on the current, we will visit a second wreck nearby called the St. Pedro. This wreck is also visited frequently by visitors in the Atlantis Submarine (an underwater adventure for non-divers). It is amazing how many of them seem to be more interested in taking pictures of friendly divers swimming around the wreck. Please feel free to wave, but please do not finger that they are #1, do not Moon the tourists nor attempt to squeegy the windows.... and yes these things have all been done hence the need to make the ruling... and all ended with dire consequences!

St. Pedro

This wreck, very near the YO-257, was a decommissioned hospital ship that was sunk in 1996 to create an artificial reef. It rests in 85 ft / 26 m of water, with the deck at 60 ft / 18 m and the top of the wheel house at 50 ft / 15 m.

Sea Tiger

The Sea Tiger is the newest deliberate sinking in Kewalo Basin. It sits upright in 125 ft / 37 m. It's a good multilevel dive with the top deck of the boat at 100 ft / 31 m and the wheel house at 70 ft/ 21 m. Very often we get to see the beautiful fly by formations of anywhere from 1 to 6 or more Eagle Rays. They seem to enjoy divers enjoying the show they put on, but don't try to get too close. After all, they are much better adapted to swimming then we are, and with one flick of their wings, leave a pursuing diver winded and out of air! The wreck is full of octopus, schools of fish, eels and cccasionally we see Leaf Scorpionfish.

Kewalo Pipe & Reef

This concrete pipe from shore ranges from 30 - 60 ft /10 - 20 m with two large reefs on either side. You'll see plenty of living coral and sea life, including eels, octopus, and the occasional spotted eagle ray.

Turtle Canyon

Turtle Canyon is off shore from Honolulu's Ala Moana Park. This is a shallow reef dive to 36 ft/ 11 m with, as you might guess, a good chance of seeing turtles. This site includes a rare look at a turtle cleaning station where turtles hover over the reef to let fish clean the algae off their shells!

100 Foot Hole

Not really 100 feet, and not really a hole, nonetheless this is the name we know it as. Famous for a very large rock formation in the middle of lots of surrounding sand. Since there is no where else to live close by, EVERYTHING lives here! The rock formation has a huge swim through tunnel going through the middle of it where white tipped reef sharks often gather to sleep and exchange their stories of the day. There are plenty of fish, octopus and eels. Depth ranges from 70 - 90 ft.