Diving with Octopus Reef in
Hawaii/Maui in 2003/09:
an Instant Reader Report

 Hawaii (Maui, Kaua'i), French Polynesia (Moorea, Bora Bora, Rangiroa) 

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Overall Rating

Octopus Reef is better termed a “dive training and guide service” than a
“dive operation” – it is as personalized a dive experience as it is
possible to have.  After doing Nitrox certification with Lynn (they train
at all levels), we dove with her for two days and with Rene for one – the
two of us with one of them on custom shore-dive tours, for a price that’s
equivalent to what you’d pay for a seat on a cattle boat.  Both Lynn and
Rene are extremely knowledgeable about the marine life, enthusiastic about
diving and the wonders of the ocean, and dedicated to making sure that you
see and enjoy as much as possible.  The dives are geared completely to your
desires and skill level, with extensive pre-dive briefings, lots of
underwater communication to fill you in on what you’re seeing, and even
post-dive debriefings, all with no rushing.  Since you’re not going as part
of a larger group, you always dive your own profile.  [One note: Snacks are
just that – snacks.  If you need more than a granola bar and juice between
dives, bring it yourself.  We pick dive operations for diving, not the
food…]  The magical dives we had with them featured a pair of spotted eagle
rays feeding together, turtles being cleaned of algae at cleaning stations,
and more frogfish than one has a right to expect.  We will definitely
return to Maui to dive with them again, not just for the tours and the dive
knowledge to be gained from them, but because after only three days of
diving they seemed like old friends.  Our subscription to Undercurrent was
worth it if the only thing that ever came of it was finding Octopus Reef. 
Anyone going to Maui owes it to themselves to contact them:
http://www.octopusreef.com.

 

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