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Ed Robinsons/Extended Horizons/Not Applicable, Oct, 2004, by Don Hoft, MA, usa . Report 1451.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	My (non-diver) wife and I spent several weeks in Maui. Even though I didn't expect exceptional diving I took my equipment and dove with two different operations. I was pleasantly surprised. Not great but some fun opportunities. Coral, mostly hard, and fish life I found generally healthy and interesting. Dove Lana'i, Molokini Crater, and one dive on Maui (all boat dives). Extended Horizons launch their boat from Mala pier in Lehaina. This was most convenient for me since I was staying in Lehaina/Kaanapoli. They take 12 max, we were 6 and I would not have been excited about 6 more, it would be a tight fit. Boat was good however as was the crew. We were to dive Lana'i. However, due to unusual (?) weather with winds from the south (usually N.E.) the seas were turbulent causing poor viz. at the best sites so we dove secondary sites. Okay but nothing too exciting. On the way out we were surrounded by countless spinner dolphins-always fun to be with. Not as much soft coral in Hawaii, some black coral at depth, the hard coral was healthy/colorful/nice, fish coloring is very pretty. Seas were so rough we did 2nd dive (day 1) at Mala pier-wrecked in a storm. Interesting-loaded with green turtles. One friendly, fairly large Octopus sitting on a rock waiting to be photographed. I had left my camara behind (I get a dope slap). Second day we shot for the Cathedrals- viz was very bad at both sites so we did two drift dives which were good, but not exceptional. Interesting seeing colors and fish endemic to Hawaii. I shifted to Ed Robinsons dive after that and dove with them at Molokini. They do a 3-tank dive several days a week (leaves 7am from Kihi) to the wall on the backside of Molokini Crater. Experienced divers only since depths to 130 feet and currents are common. These were lots of fun. The 1st dive is to 130ft (+/-), the 2nd a little shallower, and the 3rd on the ends of the crater in 30-60 ft. The first 2 are drift dives from a "live" boat (but currents were pretty mild most of the time), and the last dive from a moored boat on the end of the crater. Viz was excellent at approx 100 ft on the wall, less on the reef. Lots of sea life on all dives: loads of butterfly fish in all colors, moorish idols, etc.etc. Sharks-mostly white and black tip on most dives, one interesting shark sighting was a group of maybe 12 or more young sharks-maybe 2-3 ft off in the distance clustered in one area. Various moray Eels and interesting small things-nudibranchs, longnosed hawkfish, leaf scorpian, etc. On one of the reef dives we spied a manta in the distance swimming parallel to us-it went by-but in about 10 minutes swims back slowly directly over us-this one I did get several shots of. It was a mid-sized manta-maybe 10-12 ft wing span. The boat and crew (which changed vs days of the week) were excellent-real pros.. They were fun in and out of water. Serve a light breakfast and lunch (sandwiches) between dives. A good experience.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Most of Caribbean, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Several Pacific Dest'ns
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, cloudy	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	80-0°F / 27--18°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-125 Ft/ 15-38 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	see below
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	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	Both operations were day boats. They had a only a seperate rinse bucket (relly all that you would expect).

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Dive Review of Ed Robinsons/Extended Horizons/Not Applicable in Hawaii/Maui

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Dive Review of Ed Robinsons/Extended Horizons/Not Applicable in
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