Dive Review of
AAA Diving in
Hawaii/Oahu

Mexico and California Pacific Coasts, Caribbean Sea, Red Sea

Dive Conditions

Divemasters ( All PADI Instructors) let people dive according to their
computer demands.  

The rinse tank was stolen form the boat the night before, but AAA allowed
the cameras unlimited access to the fresh water shower to rinse.  Gear was
handled carefully and passed to the diver after entry and quickly moved
away from the stern upon entry by the crew.  

Overall Rating

On Oahu there seems to be a dive retail shop near every hotel, however a
trip to the docks only finds six dive boats.  AAA Diving (and its unique
Brit transplant owner, Alex Mason) is a totally professional service that
does not charter thru the dive shops.  You call and arrange directly,  and
while the boat could hold 18 divers, he considers it full at 12.  AAA does
not offer a cheap dive trip, but gives the divers what they want including
long runs to the sea mounts or the signature wreck dives. His unending
British humor is sarcastic, witty, and makes surface intervals equivalent
to London Standup. His staff is as good as it gets with only certified
instructors as divemasters so divers get on the spot lessons and advise on
how to improve their skills.  We did four dives on a weekday leaving at
7:30 am  for two tanks, a lunch break at the docks , and two tank afternoon
dives leaving from Keehi. The only problem was that Alex does not accept
credit cards, so an afternoon run to the ATM was necessary to pay the bill.
 The boat is almost new, CG certified and all emergency gear and oxygen
were in first class condition. Entry and exits are off the swim platform at
the rear. While Hawaii may not have the color and fish of the Caribbean,
Alex and his team found dragon eels, giant morays and turtles to put on an
Oahu show for us. 

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