Makena Coast Dive Charters

Absolutely incredible! Best experience and a wonderful crew. They went above and beyond. Highly recommend them!

Fantastic trip! I unfortunately am not scuba certified, but I had a great time as a «surface explorer». My sis did the deep dive and loved it. Great people, lots of snacks and drinks, great diving. Not too long or short.

Steve and Ricardo did an amazing job. Safety was #1, Steve knows his wildlife and as an added bonus he has a top notch under water camera and offers the raw footage, or edited for purchase. Excellent service, helping those that needed extra help, making everyone feel welcome and taken care of.
I highly recommend to chose Steve and his crew when you want a great and safe du I got experience on Maui!

What a amazing experience! Captain Steve, Benja and Lauren were awesome! You can tell they really love what they do. While being absolutely hilarious and fun you can tell they still take their job very serious and I felt completely safe in their hands! Can’t wait to book again!

Captain Steve and Benja did a great job accommodating our trip. They were fun and professional. However, the biggest reason I will dive with Makena and Benja is their photography. Benja is not only an excellent dive master, he is a professional photographer. No simple GoPro here, he has an amazing camera set up.
Our first dive was to 96 feet deep and we could easily see the bubbles hitting the surface of the water. Our second dive was to the St. Anthony wreck. You know you need to share the experience with friends and family. Where else are you going to get such high quality photos of your dive! I have well over 100 logged dives and this photography is the best I have of any dive.
I don’t know when I will be back to Maui, but when I do, I will be diving with Makena again.

Had a great day with Makena Coast Dive Charters. Meeting at the boat ramp was easy and smooth. The boat was a good dive boat that was well situated for the trip to the dive spot and then the dive. Benja was our dive master and he was very friendly and knowlegable and offered tips to make the entire day smooth and enjoyable. Benja also took great photos that created a life time memory. I would definitely dive with these guys again.

Awesome diving experience! Boat was smooth in choppy water with an extremely experienced skipper. Can’t say enough good about the DM. He made sure our dive was safe and fun, and was extremely knowledgeable. He gave great advice, an awesome safety breifing but treated us all like adults.
They took care of our gear, and even photoed the crap out of each dive. (CD of the photos available for additional $$)
This was a fun boat with a great crew. The only thing I would say criticism wise is that the max they book outis 12 divers. We had 7, which was awesome and comfortable. I think 12 would be really tight.
With that being said, I highly recommend!!! Thanks guys.

Had a great experience with Capt. Steve, DMs Ben Ha and Dr. Michael! They had a modest breakfast of muffins and juice/​water/​soda meeting us @ the boat ramp @ 630am. First dive was Molokini crater (mid reef) about 70ft down. Saw 2 reef sharks, eel garden, and tons of fish! Second dive was St. Anthony wreck. Saw 3 turtles (one giant one inside the hull). Weather and visibility were fantastic!
Overall had a great time with the guys and fellow divers. I stayed in Kaanapali, so it was a bit of a drive out there, but worth it! They even did a price match when another outfit recommended them. And don’t worry if you don’t a camera… Ben Ha is a dive photographer.
I’ll def. dive with them again when I go back to Maui! Cheers!

Guide; Ben Ha 4 stars. He definitely shows interest in his work. Very Enthusiastic.
Skipper – Eric, nice guy
Bring your own gear!
Gear provided was marginal, wrong size BC, poorly weighted by guide. O-​ring leaked stalling divers already at depth waiting half their air waiting for new O-​ring on deck. Octopus leaked repeatedly, and had to tap it repeatedly to make it stop. No dive computer provided. Ladder on boat — difficult — sticks out at awkward position.
I requested two days in advance for 2 100 Nitrox cylinders 32 & 36 EAN, or at the very least a 100 cylinder of air because I go through air at a faster clip — completely ignored, and had to terminate my dives 10 minutes earlier than others.
Also, requested back wall with eve. She was going to put experienced divers to do this. Though only 3 of four of us had skill to do this, so back wall was cancelled.
No offer was made to make good on shortcomings, which after all that went wrong would have been nice. Many of clients were pleased with dives. I thought it was lacking.

SAFE, FUN AND EDUCATIONAL!
I have gone diving with Makena Coast Charters over a dozen times. Every single time is a positive experience with safety as their #1 priority. Capt. Steve, Ben, and the crew are always teaching me new things about the Maui marine life.
I don’t dive often enough, so its important to feel comfortable. They always make me feel safe and cared for, even in the roughest seas. The boat is very well maintained. This company and everyone who works for them, is very well respected in the Maui dive community. Everyone knows each other in this industry, and Makena Coast has a stellar reputation.
Every time I recommend them to friends, they always come back to me with positive reviews, beautiful photos and heartfelt memories. I feel 100% confident sending my friends and family out on this boat. I do not recommend things lightly either, especially when it comes to safety-​oriented businesses like this. I am very picky!
Good people, nice boat, great business. From the time you call for a reservation and speak with Eve, you feel at home. Their Aloha Spirit shines! I would be happy to speak with anyone at any time to give a personal recommendation. This is not just a random Unilocal review.
I have been diving for 29 years, and my experiences outside Maui include several great areas like Grand Cayman and Fiji — I have never found a better run dive business. I WISH I could dive in other areas with the confidence and comfort I feel aboard the Makena Coast Dive Charter boat.
With unpredictable weather, and different passengers every day, dive professionals need to be be on their toes, and I can honestly say that these folks can handle anything. Professional, safe, friendly, honest, fun — I will dive with them ANYTIME and will bring my family along!
Thank you Makena Coast Charters and everyone who works with you!

Had a lovely dive day with Steve and Benja.
Benja is a photographer and I had him take pictures of me. It was so nice to just dive, and not fiddle with my own camera.
Another person complained that their ‘expedition’ dive was not advanced enough.
The idea of ‘expedition’ or ‘advanced’ diving is interesting when applied to a vacation destination. We dove the outer wall of Molokini crater as a drift drive.
Is that ‘advanced’ diving? The bottom is 300 feet, and it could be easy to lose track of your buoyancy. But if you dive Northern California conditions than the lovely clear water, and almost flat water, isn’t that ‘hard.‘
But the diving was lovely! And I really liked having a professional photographer on board.

My fiancé and I had the pleasure of doing our first intro dive with Steve and Benja last week. These guys are such a blast! This whole dive idea was my mans so I wasn’t too stoked from the get-​go. The thought of mingling with sharkies is not something I really ever wanted to do but he twisted my arm and I agreed. Boy, am I glad I did. There was one other diver on the boat with us that day and he was certified so Benja was able to take him diving while Captain Steve ran through the safety guidelines with us. We did some snorkeling to warm up then were taken to our dive spot. We got suited up, my nerves went bonkers and down we went. What an experience! I am so thankful to Benja for being so patient with us. He snapped some amazing photos of us underwater which we bought since this was our first dive. I definitely plan to continue diving and will absolutely hit these guys up next time I am in Maui. Cant wait to dive with them again. Thanks to you, both! You guys are AWESOME!

The real deal. Steve, Shane, and Colten were all great. A seasoned crew that knows the local waters extremely well and use the hawaiian names for sites– instead of «Turtle Town» etc.. Captain Steve even films nature documentaries. We did 2 dives, leaving from the kihei Boat Ramp, which was conveniently right accross the street from our condo. Dive one was Molikini– shark and eels, check! I dove this crater about 10 years ago and it was as awesome as before. The next dive was to a wreck, just offshore from Wailea. Lots of turtles, and we got to go inside the wreck.
Good times, I will deffo dive dith Makena Coast next time in Maui

Nice people, but went on «expedition» dive which was supposed to be for a more advanced group and it really wasn’t at all. Divemaster was a photographer and tried to sell pictures, not a great divemaster. They offered to rinse gear afterwards if you really wanted them to, but didn’t seem too sincere. I’d try to find somebody better

Took my «introductory» SCUBA dive with these guys out at Molokini Crater. What an experience! It had a real «Life Aquatic» feel to it with a Kiwi dive master and another Brazilian diver who was taking underwater photos with a friend. Met a nice couple from L.A. The guy was one of the producers of «The Last Samurai». I saw a reef shark, held an octopus and had a blast. After hours in the salt water, they hacked open a Pineapple for us to munch on. If you want to dive off Maui, these are your people!