For our honeymoon, my fiance and I are heading to Hawaii. We are both certified divers, but neither of us have been diving in about 2 years. We plan to take a pool refresher in the near future before we head out on our honeymoon in mid-June.
I’m looking for recommendations for dive shops or outfits that run trips to the Molokini Crater. I found a few web sites for dive shops, but most of them do one dive at the crater, and then one dive somewhere else. We’d prefer to do two dives at the crater if possible.
The only issue is that we are on Maui for one day (specifically for the crater), its a sunday, and it’ll be the first dive of the trip. Hence the reason for the refresher before we go - so we aren’t spending time getting reacquainted with diving on what may be the most memorable dive. Thats also the reason for trying to get two molokini dives in that day - so if there is some rust to be shaken off, we still have a dive left more fully enjoy the crater.
Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks!
(also, does anyone have any insight as to whether a pool refresher in a log book would sufficiently count for those places that require you to have gone diving in the past 2 years/1 year/6 months?). The other issue is that most of my diving (from about 5-6 years ago) was recorded in a log book that I can no longer find - so the refresher might very well be the only entry in the logbook that I bring with me.
Go to the DiverToDiver message board at www.scubadiving.com (Rodale’s magazine website), and post a question on Maui/Molokini dive ops. Someone should be able to suggest an op that will do two dives (you’re doing the outside wall, right ? Not the interior crater).
I’ve only snorkelled there, so I can’t recommend any dive ops.
At tourist destinations like Hawaii, they’re pretty lax on actually reviewing your log book (but be sure to have your c-cards). The pool refresher won’t count (not really “open” water diving), but will be well worth it for your own comfort level.
Just be honest about 1. how many dives you’ve done and 2. when the last time you dove, and you should be fine. It is more a measure of just how closely the DM will want to watch over you.
Have a great time. One thing to note, as warm as it is, Hawaii water isn’t all that warm - you’ll want at least a 5mm wetsuit for Molokini. Perhaps more if you tend to get cold.
I dove Molokini last year with Ed Robinson’s Diving Adventures. We did 2 dives on Molokini on the first day, but that may have been due to the rough seas at the time - the lee side of Molokini was the only calm water we could reach.
You say you’ll be on Maui for only one day though - does that mean you’re arriving Sunday morning & leaving Monday morning? Two issues with that - most dive ops leave early - 7AM or so. And doing 2 deep dives on Molokini then flying 18 hours later is frowned upon by most certifying agencies and DAN.