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Island Style Diving: "Island Style Diving", May, 2023, by Wayne Joseph, CA, US ( Contributor 13 reports with 11 Helpful votes). Report 12435 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	After decades of diving Maui with Mike Severns Diving (Pauline & crew) I decided to try Island Style Diving, owned by Javier & Christina. They purchased Severns Diving and did some nice improvements to the Pilikai; retractable shade over the back of the boat, hot shower when you surface, nice snacks and drinks, etc. They meet at the Kihei boat ramp at 6:30, leave early, & try to return before the wind and white caps make for a rough ride. I did 2 days of diving with them. Their website has a lot of info about their experience in diving, teaching, and working with divers. They have a great way in dealing with their customers; relaxed, friendly. They try to be sure they provide safe and enjoyable dives. The boat is thoroughly equipped with life raft & jackets, O2, emergency kit, etc. The first dive is at Molokini (as usual) and then they evaluate the currents & wind, and discuss with the divers where to go next. Christina’s experience in marine biology really shows. She finds all kinds of critters; some so small I couldn’t believe she saw them. We did 2 dives at Molokini; at each end of the island. We saw sharks, eels, lobsters, etc. But on the second dive we saw some of the largest and smallest nudibranchs that I’ve ever encountered. Blue dragon nudibranchs that were about 2” wide & 8-10” long; tiny Pikachu nudibranchs and some other white ones that I can’t remember the name that were smaller than a grain of rice. Another dive was at 3 anchors; a site that I had never been to. It’s quite interesting as it’s 3 anchors laying across the bottom at about 54’. They are spread apart to form a T and connected by anchor chain. We found all kinds of cleaner shrimp, nudibranchs, and brightly colored juvenile fish. Since it was our second dive, our bottom time was limited, but I wouldn’t mind doing both dives at this site. After returning to the boat ramp, the crew will rinse off your equipment and soak your wetsuits in a cleaning solution before giving it back to you. I can’t think of anything more they could have done for us. (well, I do miss the sticky buns that Pauline used to provide for snacks, but now I’m being picky) I will definitely dive with them again when we return to Maui. One of the things I noticed was there seems to be fewer dive boats leaving from Kihei. Ed Robinson’s Diving is no longer & I didn’t see any Scuba Shack boats. But there are a lot more snorkel boats ( the extremely large RIBs) that take people out to explore Molokini and the Maui coast.
Websites	Island Style Diving
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Caymans, Bonaire, San Salvador Island, Fiji, St. Thomas, California, Sardinia, Hawaii
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, cloudy, dry	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	75-76°F / 24-24°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	100-200 Ft/ 30-61 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Island Style Diving in Hawaii/Maui

Island Style Diving: "Island Style Diving", May, 2023,

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Dive Review of Island Style Diving in
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