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Dive Review of Ed Robinson's Maui Adventures in
Hawaii/Maui

Ed Robinson's Maui Adventures, May, 2007,

by Roger Roth, OH, USA (Contributor Contributor 16 reports with 8 Helpful votes). Report 3526.

No photos available at this time

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations 5 stars Food 3 stars
Service and Attitude 5 stars Environmental Sensitivity N/A
Dive Operation 5 stars Shore Diving 3 stars
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ N/A
Beginners 5 stars
Advanced 5 stars
Comments This was my second trip with Ed Robinson and it turned out as great as the first trip. There were numerous turtle encounters, eels, and frogfish most every day. It was also very enjoyable to listen to the whale songs on the first few days of diving. Molokini Crater was dived a lot as per divers' requests and it never got boring whether inside the crater, on the outer rim, or on the backside of Molokini. We also had a number of manta encounters.

Nudibranchs were abundant as were the beautiful butterflyfish, angelfish, squirrelfish, hunting jacks, bannerfish, moorish idols, sergeant majors, and the array of surgeonfish found in the Hawaiian Islands. Ed's crew was fabulous at finding the more rare critters like the flame angelfish, harlequin shrimp, decoy scorpionfish, spanish dancer, and a juvenile milky scorpionfish.

Ed has a new type of diving he calls his "Adventure X" trip where more experienced divers are allowed to totally dive their own profiles whether with a buddy or solo. Some of these dives can also be at deeper sites where many operators don't visit.

When I had a regulator malfunction, Ed's crew had an extra one onboard and mine was switched out between dives so that I'd not lose any dives. His crews are very knowledgeable about the dive sites as well as the marine life. They are also very reef conscious. I"ll surely return to dive with Ed Robinson again.

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 501-1000 dives
Where else diving Fiji, PNG, Indonesia, Red Sea, Cozumel, Caymans, Florida, CA Channel Islands, Barbados, Antigua, St. Thomas, Exumas, Bahamas, etc...
Closest Airport Getting There

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny Seas calm
Water Temp 75-76°F / 24-24°C Wetsuit Thickness 5
Water Visibility 70-100 Ft/ 21-30 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions hour dives
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? N/A

What I Saw

Sharks 1 or 2 Mantas 1 or 2
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles > 2 Whales None
Corals 3 stars Tropical Fish 5 stars
Small Critters 5 stars Large Fish 3 stars
Large Pelagics 4 stars

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter 5 stars Boat Facilities 4 stars
Overall rating for UWP's 5 stars Shore Facilities N/A
UW Photo Comments Ed Robinson has a good rinse tank onboard his boats and his crew is very attentive to divers and their cameras, and the crew handle the cameras well.
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