The table below contains a complete listing of major Hawaiian dive sites from the big island of Hawaii to Kauai and Maui as well as the other islands . There are a number of great scuba diving sites all around the Hawaiian Islands. From the incredible Manta Ray dive off the coast of Kona to the awe inspiring Hammerhead dive off of Molokai. You can hear Humpbacks singing underwater from December to April and you may, if you are extremely lucky, have a Humpback share part of your dive with you.
When you are considering Hawaiian Dive Sites and scheduling your trip, the most important aspect from my perspective, is your level of diving expertise and your goals for diving in Hawaii. There are some great dives in Hawaii, but some of these are only recommended for advanced divers. There are enough dive sites for anyone to enjoy, so just make sure to read about the sites you intend to visit and then plan accordingly. There are some great drift dives, some amazing crazy adventure dives and then many, many dives suitable for all levels of divers that have great varieties of marine life
Remember when you are diving in Hawaii, you are diving in cooler water, so the corals will be hard corals and look very different from those of the warm Caribbean. However, these corals and reefs are just as alive and if you take the time to explore you will find some great examples of bio-diversity and a few sites that will blow your mind. I have also provided a rating for each of the Hawaiian dive sites where I have enough information to provide a reasonable rating. View my dive site rating system for more information on how I have developed the ratings.
Visit Hawaiian Dive Sites for reviews and information on selected dive sites.
Location | Name | Depth | Access | Rating |
Maui Hawaii | 7 Pools | 60ft / 18m | Shore | |
Back Wall | 130-160ft /39-48m | Boat | ||
Baldwin Beach | 60ft / 18m | Shore | ||
Big Beach | 30ft / 9m | Shore | ||
Black Rock | 25-30 ft / 7-9m | Shore | ||
Carthaginian II | 90ft / 27m | Boat | ||
Cemetery | 20ft / 6m | Shore | ||
Coral Gardens | 35ft / 11m | Boat | ||
D.T. Flemming Beach | 30ft / 9m | Shore | ||
Dragon Reef | 25-70 ft / 7-21m | Boat | ||
Enenue | 50-120 ft / 15-36m | Boat | ||
F-6-F Hellcat | 30 ft / 9m | Boat | ||
Five Caves/Graves | 20-50 feet | Boat / Shore | ||
Haleki’i Point | 60ft / 18m | Shore | ||
Haloa Point | 50ft / 15m | Shore | ||
Hana Bay | 50ft / 15m | Shore | ||
Hidden Pinnacle | 120 ft / 36m | Boat | ||
Honokohau Bay | 50ft / 15m | Boat / Shore | ||
Honolua Bay | 35ft / 11m | Boat / Shore | ||
Hononana Bay | 50ft / 15m | Shore | ||
Hyatt/Marriott Reef | 50 feet | Boat | ||
Inside Crater | 10-60 feet | Boat | ||
Kahakuloa Bay | 70ft / 21m | Shore | ||
Kahawaihapapa Point | 160ft / 49m | Boat / Shore | ||
Kahekili Beach | 20ft / 6m | Shore | ||
Kamaole Beach Parks | 25ft / 8m | Shore | ||
Kapalua Bay & Beach | 45ft / 14m | Shore | ||
Ke’anae Peninsula | 60ft / 18m | Shore | ||
La Perouse Bay | 50ft / 15m | Shore | ||
Lookout | 40ft / 12m | Shore | ||
Makena Beach | 30ft / 9m | Shore | ||
Makule’ia Bay | 40ft / 12m | Shore | ||
Mala Pier | 45ft / 13m | Shore | ||
Maliko Bay | 60ft / 18m | Shore | ||
Manu’ohule | 50ft / 15m | Shore | ||
Marty’s Reef | 60ft / 18m | Boat | ||
McGregor Point | 50ft / 15m | Shore | ||
Mokolea Point | 110ft / 33m | Shore | ||
Molokini Crater | 110ft / 33m | Boat | ||
Nahiku | 60ft / 18m | Shore | ||
Nakalele Point | 150ft / 45m | Boat / Shore | ||
Napili Bay | 30ft / 9m | Shore | ||
Nu’u Bay | 45ft / 14m | Shore | ||
Olowalu | 35ft / 11m | Boat / Shore | ||
Pauwela Point | 50ft / 15m | Shore | ||
Puu Koae | 100ft / 48m | Boat | ||
Reef’s End | 100ft / 30m | Boat | ||
Shark Ledges | 160ft / 48m | Boat | ||
The Tubes | 40ft / 12m | Boat | ||
Ulua & Mokapu Beach | 35ft / 11m | Boat / Shore | ||
Wai’anapanapa | 50ft / 15m | Shore | ||
Wailea & Polo Beach | 50ft / 15m | Boat / Shore | ||
Lanai | st Cathedral | 45-60 feet | Boat | |
2nd Cathedral | 15-65 feet | Boat | ||
Armchair | Boat | |||
Barge Harbor | Boat | |||
Fish Rock | 15-70 feet | Boat / Shore | ||
Houlopo’e/Manele Bay | 20-35 feet | Shore | ||
Lighthouse Reef | Boat | |||
Menpachi Caves | Boat | |||
Monolith | 15-70 feet | Boat | ||
Other | Boat | |||
Pyramids | 40-80 feet | Boat | ||
Sargent Major | 15-50 feet | Boat | ||
Sargent Minor | 15-50 feet | Boat | ||
Shark Fin | 25-90 feet | Boat | ||
Turtle Haven | 60ft / 18m | Boat | ||
Wash Rock | 65 feet | Boat | ||
Oahu | 100ft Hole | 70-160 feet | Boat | |
Black Rock / Ulua Cave | 40-90 feet | Boat | ||
Blow Hole | 20-60 feet | Shore / Boat | ||
Corsair Plane | 107 feet | Boat | ||
Devils Rock | 70 feet | Boat | ||
Dominique’s Wall | 35-95 feet | Boat | ||
Electric Beach | 10 – 30ft | Shore | ||
Ewa Pinnacles | 50-80 feet | Boat | ||
Fantasy Reef | 40-60 feet | Boat / Shore | ||
Hanauma Bay | 15 -70 feet | Shore | ||
Ka’ena Point | 20-45 feet | Boat | ||
Kahala Barge | 80 feet | Boat / Shore | ||
Kahuku Ledge | 70-160 ft | Boat | ||
Kahuna Canyon | 35-100 feet | Boat | ||
Keaau Corner | 35-70 feet | Boat / Shore | ||
Kewalo Pipe | 40 feet | Boat | ||
Lanai Lookout | 107 feet | Shore | ||
Land Of OZ | 20-70 feet | Boat / Shore | ||
Makaha Caverns | 30 – 45 feet | Boat / Shore | ||
Makapu’u Point | 45 feet | Boat / Shore | ||
Makua Valley Ridge | 33-45 feet | Shore | ||
Manana “Rabbit” Island | 40-80 feet | Boat / Shore | ||
Mokolea | 35-70 feet | Boat / Shore | ||
Moku Manu | 90 feet | Boat | ||
Mole Heaven | 60 feet | Shore | ||
Pearl Harbor Wall | 5 -60 feet | Boat / Shore | ||
Police Beach | 15-85 feet | Boat | ||
Rainbow Reef And Magic Island | 20 – 60ft | Shore | ||
Sea Cave | 40-80 feet | Boat / Shore | ||
Sea Tiger | 80 – 120 feet | Boat | ||
Seaplane Wreck | 90-110 feet | Boat | ||
Sharks Cove | 15-60 feet | Shore | ||
Tech Reef | 10 – 25 feet | Shore | ||
The Mahi | 70-95 ft | Boat | ||
Three Tables | 20-45ft | Shore | ||
Turtle Canyon / Koko Craters | 30-40 feet | Boat | ||
Turtle Heaven | 10-100 feet | Boat / Shore | ||
Turtle Street | 25-30 feet | Shore | ||
Unnamed Reef | 60-70 feet | Boat / Shore | ||
Waialua Wall | 10-80 feet | Boat / Shore | ||
Waimea Wall | 25-60 feet | Boat / Shore | ||
Y0-257 | 80-100 feet | Boat | ||
Molokai | Fish Bowl | 40-60 feet | Boat | |
Fish Rain | 100ft / 30.5m | Boat | ||
The Cove / Fish Cove | 20-100 feet | Boat | ||
Hole In The Wall | 20-120 feet | Boat | ||
Mokuhooniki Rock / Elephant Rock | 90-100 feet | Boat | ||
Kauai | Ahukini Landing | 160ft / 49m | Shore | |
Blue Bluffs | 110ft / 33m | Boat | ||
Brennecke’s Ledge | 50ft / 15m | Boat | ||
Dragon’s Head | 45ft / 14m | Boat | ||
Fast Lanes | 50ft / 15m | Boat | ||
Fishbowl | 80ft / 8m | Boat | ||
General Store | 35ft / 11m | Boat | ||
Icebox | 55ft / 17m | Boat | ||
Ke’e Lagoon | 80ft / 24m | Shore | ||
Keyhole | 60ft / 18m | Boat | ||
Lehua Gardens | 50ft / 15m | Boat | ||
Luckenbach | 60ft / 18m | Shore | ||
Mana Crack | 95ft / 29m | Boat | ||
Niihau Arches | 60ft / 18m | Boat | ||
Oceanarium | 130ft / 40m | Boat | ||
PK | 50ft / 15m | Shore | ||
Pyramid Point | 60ft / 18m | Boat | ||
Sheraton Caverns | 30ft / 9m | Boat | ||
South Point | 60ft / 18m | Boat | ||
Stairway To Heaven | 50ft / 15m | Boat | ||
Turtle Bluffs | 50ft / 15m | Boat | ||
Vertical Awareness | 50ft / 15m | Boat | ||
Big Island Hawaii | ‘Au ‘Au Crater | 130ft / 40m | Boat | |
Black Coral Forest | 130ft / 40m | Boat | ||
Chimney | 70ft / 21m | Boat | ||
Coral Domes | 80ft / 24m | Boat | ||
Driftwoods | 80ft / 24m | Boat | ||
Fantasy Reef | 50ft / 15m | Boat | ||
Frog Rock | 60ft / 18m | Boat | ||
Golden Arches | 60ft / 18m | Boat | ||
Hammerhead Point | 100ft / 33m | Boat / Shore | ||
Henry’s Cave | 65ft / 20m | Boat | ||
Horseshoe Bay | 60ft / 18m | Boat | ||
Kaiwi Point | 130ft / 40m | Boat | ||
Kiholo Bay | 115ft / 15m | Boat | ||
Ledges | 130ft / 40m | Boat | ||
Leleiwi | 70ft / 21m | Shore | ||
Long Lava Tube | 50ft / 15m | Boat | ||
Mahai’ula | 130ft / 40m | Boat | ||
Mahi Reef | 60ft / 18m | Boat | ||
Makalawena | 50ft / 15m | Boat | ||
Manta Ray Village | 40ft / 12m | Boat | ||
Manuka Bay | 100ft / 33m | Boat | ||
Milemarker 4 | 60ft / 18m | Shore | ||
Milolii | 90ft / 27m | Boat | ||
Old Airport | 60ft / 18m | Boat / Shore | ||
Pentagon | 30ft / 9m | Boat | ||
Pinetrees | 100ft / 33m | Boat | ||
Poho’iki | 100ft / 30m | Shore | ||
Puako | 90ft / 27m | Boat / Shore | ||
Puhi Bay | 60ft / 18m | Shore | ||
Punalu’u | 60ft / 18m | Shore | ||
Richardson Beach | 20ft / 6m | Shore | ||
Robs Reef/Twin Sisters | 100ft / 33m | Boat | ||
Ruddles | 45ft / 14m | Boat | ||
Sharkies Cove | 50ft / 15m | Boat | ||
South Wall | 70ft / 21m | Boat | ||
Suck-em-Up Caverns | 60ft / 18m | Boat / Shore | ||
Three Room Cave | 80ft / 24m | Boat | ||
Turtle Pinnacle | 60ft / 18m | Boat | ||
Waialea Bay | 35ft / 11m | Boat / Shore |
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