Maui Dreams Dive Co

I just recently got dive certified this summer, so I am pretty new to diving but have a rescue diver certification. I am from south Florida where it is always pretty easy for me to go dive.
This was my first dive charter (if you will). I must say that it was an amazing experience. The captain and two mates were as sweet as can be. Not to mention super knowledgable, helpful, and just all around great. The boat was well equipped with gear, wet suits, drinks, sunblock, extra towels, and food. Anything you needed they were happy to help you with if they were able to provide it.
As for the dives them selves; they were awesome. We unfortunately could not go to Molokini crater due to weather but the captain found us two other lovely spots. He kept us out of the wind for the most part and in calm water, which was very nice. It was cold today. The first dive at 7am it was 65 degrees and the water temp was 74. A little chilly but all in all a great experience. They could not give me enough wetsuits to keep me warm! ;)
We saw tons of marine life; an eagle ray, moray eels, turtles, and of course tons of fish. However, my favorite thing of all was how you could hear all the whale noises the entire time. My go pro even captured it and it’s amazing to listen to! We even saw a few whales on the surface! So it was a two in one trip! :)))
Go go go! You won’t regret it! Captain Ben, Wilson and Rob were absolutely lovely.

My 11 year old daughter and I had an incredible experience diving with Maui Dreams Dive Co! We had a long family trip in Maui over the holidays and since my daughter and I both love scuba diving, we dove as much as we could during this time. We ended up doing a total of 19 dives, including one night dive! Since it was a long vacation, we were fortunate enough to meet and get to know everyone at Maui Dreams Dive Co and they are a great group of people! A big thank you to the entire team!
We had the pleasure of diving with Charlie, Alejandro, Kelvin, Ryan and Kelly and they took great care of us during the dives! Everyone in the shop took great care of us as well!
Since my daughter as a Junior Certified Diver was limited to a depth of 40 feet, we only did shore dives. The diving was great and all the dive masters were extremely knowledgeable and helpful. Based on the different conditions and dive sites, my daughter and I both feel like we are much better divers based on their help, input and the discussions we had. The dive sites were great and even though we dove each site multiple times (based on the number of dives we did) each dive was enjoyable and we saw an incredible amount of diverse fish, turtles, coral and white tip reef sharks. Hearing the whales signing was a fun addition as well.
We met and dove with a lot of friendly people during the trip and enjoyed every aspect of it.
We look forward to diving with Maui Dreams Dive Co again next time we are in Maui! I would highly recommend diving with them. Thank you Maui Dreams Dive Co!

Ben (captain) and Rob (dive master) were fantastic! We booked the Molokini dive for my boyfriend to scuba, I snorkeled, and my son talked Ben’s ear off about random animal facts :) these guys were awesome.
^^ This is actually a 2015 review that I forgot to hit «submit» on last year. We are headed out on another trip today :)
2016 — we were so happy to have Ben as our captain again! We saw whales fighting and breaching and the crew was happy to take the time to whale watch in between dives. The divers saw sharks, eels, rays, & octopus. Book your dive trip with this company — they are professional, entertaining, and genuinely love their jobs!

Zack was pretty rude and sarcastic on the phone, we didn’t appreciate that… Once we were able to schedule with someone else that went great. The over all dive was good and the instructor was great.

Our diving experience with Maui Dreams and with our instructor, Jay, exceeded all of our expectations. Jay is a spectacular teacher and all around great guy to spend time with. We came having just (barely) passed our PADI open water certification, with concerns about our abilities. Within one lesson Jay had us successfully controlling our buoyancy, and by the end of our 5 dive Advanced Open Water course our improvement was dramatic. We went from barely managing to being competent, comfortable and capable divers. He filled in all of the gaps we were missing, and zeroed in on the key issues to fix in a way that made it all easy, safe, comfortable and fun. By the end of the week I was doing somersaults for joy at 80 feet down I was so comfortable! The boat dives were also fantastic, with great snacks, and a humorous, highly competent and helpful crew. Jay and Don (captain and owner) and all of the folks we interacted with at Maui Dreams were fun, highly competent, and easy to be around. We saw sting ray, shark, lobster, turtles, frog fish, octopus, scrambled egg and other sea slugs, huge corals, a huge school of 40 to 50 milk fish, many eels and many other beautiful and interesting varieties of fish. A whale breached for us on the return from our last dive. We met a number of wonderful experienced divers on the boat who came back repeatedly to Maui Dreams and we plan on doing the same.

Captain Wilson, Captain Ben, and Nate were total pro’s and gave great instruction to our two beginner scuba divers and great support to our experienced divers. Excellent experience on a comfortable and well-​stocked boat, both with good quality dive gear and refreshments.

We did a 1 day dive trip and it was phenomenal! Great leadership and fun team. I felt like pricing was fair, the guides were super helpful and even set everyone’s gear up for them (unless requested otherwise). Was very impressed with the health of the reefs too. SO many different species of fish. I would definitely recommend checking out Maui Dreams if you’re looking to explore under the sea in Hawaii! Make sure to check out their ‘reef friendly’ sunscreen– so cool.

I wanted to get my Advanced Open Water certification, and after much research, I decided to go with Maui Dreams. The staff here is very friendly and very patient in answering all of my questions before and after I booked the class. They have great communication through phone and email, sending you the book for reviews before the dives, confirming the boat dive locations that you want, and incrementally charging for class as materials were sent out. Remember to bring your log book: it’s a requirement for the Advanced certification to log at least your certification dives!
The first day of class, we showed up at the shop at 7am and checked in with our instructor, Curly. Let me just say that Curly is the best! He’s very patient, funny, detailed, and just an overall amazing instructor. He quickly went through our paperwork, knowledge reviews, and took pictures for our dive cards. We were diving with a scooter, so he also went over the preparations with us before taking us to our day 1 shore dives. It was great also that we were the only ones taking the class.
First Day Dive 1 — Navigation: soooo boring, but it’s a requirement for the Advanced certification. Curly went over the requirements with us on shore and made sure we are comfortable with the compass and the dive plan. We went in, did our navigation tasks, and we were done.
First Day Dive 2 — Scooter (DPV): soooo much fun!!! I was a bit scared that I would shoot up in the air, but the scooter is so easy to maneuver with your body (it’s set between your legs) and it goes so quickly :). We were around St. Anthony’s and was able to zig zag along with a sting ray.
First Day Dive 3 — Night Dive: We went in just before 7pm at Wailea and saw some sea turtles, a giant lobster, baby octopus, and many other cool animals that you don’t normally see during the day. It was a bit creepy staring into the dark, hoping a shark doesn’t come out of nowhere and attacks you (haha), but I stayed close with Curly and my boyfriend and it was a really fun experience. We were in the water for just over an hour. A bit long for me as I was getting nauseous at the end.
Second Day Dive 1 — Deep: We met with Curly at the Maalaea Landing to hop on Maui Diamond for our boat dives at 6:15am. Get there early and parking is just $ 4 for the whole day. We were on the boat with 8 other divers (Maui Diamond) and it took us about 45 minutes to get to Molokini. There’s a lot, A LOT, of snorkelers at Molokini, so it was really nice that we were diving and was able to stay away from them. The water is super clear here, and it’s so amazingly blue as if I was in an aquarium. We went to about 95 ft and I didn’t get narc’ed.
Second Day Dive 2 — Photography: The boat went back to Wailea point and we were able to see some pretty cool things and take pictures of them: harlequin shrimp, green lion fish, frog fish, eels, etc. We had a really nice point-​and-​shoot digital camera that also took quality videos and the pictures turned out pretty cool when we got back to the shop. I like this dive because you get to keep a CD of all of the pictures, and Curly gave us his cool GoPro videos also.
We got back to the dive shop around noon on the second day. Curly quickly went over our paperwork and gave us temporary printouts of our Advanced certification, and we actually got our Advanced dive cards in the mail just a week and a half later. Talk about efficiency! We had a really great time diving with Curly and working with the Maui Dreams staff. Thanks for the great experience!

I’m sorry to leave it with so few stars. We are experienced divers, and did both the scooter shore dive and a night dive. Now we probably should have known that they specialize in getting newbies certified when the dive master told us that we were the first couple that wasn’t doing a check out or refresher this week.
The scooters were fun. The first place we went were the Z blocks. I’m guessing we went there just to play with the scooters because there is nothing there. No really– a couple of urchins on some cement blocks that will someday be mini reefs, but for now, nothing.
The second scooter dive was to St. Anthony, a small fishing boat wreck dive. There was actual life here, and we enjoyed the brief dive. Unfortunately, most of the down time is in the scooter and so we missed a lot of the creatures we hoped to see along the way to and from.
The night dive was much better. Our dive master took us to some cool caves, and we saw some beautiful sea life. We kept wondering why we hadn’t gone out there on the shore dives! Again, we found the better things on our own, and I know if we come back, we will be looking for a company that is geared for more experienced divers.
However, they seem to be very good if you are just learning. The people are super nice and check in with you frequently. It just wasn’t for us.

Went scuba diving for the first time yesterday. Our instructor Jay had the patience of a saint. After struggling to go under with gear on, he «talked» me through my panic and I had a wonderful dive! I would recommend him to anyone.

My husband and I were certified by Kelvin at Maui Dream Dives. We were thrilled to finally do this after living here and talking about it for so long! Kelvin is super knowledgeable and made us both feel safe in the water. We have gone on guided tours with Kelvin after we were certified and it’s always so much fun! We will be getting our advanced certification soon and will definitely be using them! I can’t recommend them enough to all my friends and family!

I’ve been diving on and off for many years. Captain Wilson and dive master Ben by far were the best crew I’ve ever had. Friendly, professional and competent would be a good description. Thanks guys for a great dive!
D Johnson

I took a peak performance buoyancy class through Maui Dreams. Great class, Charlie is an awesome instructor! Highly recommended.

We had a very positive experience with Maui Dreams Dive Co. After some mildly disappointing boat dives out of Lahaina, we decided to do some shore diving in the Kihei area.
Prices for tank rentals were very reasonable, and they even had a din/​yoke converter for our din regs to rent out for $ 3.
The staff were very friendly and helpful, giving us great advice on a couple of shore dives we went off and did (without them) that were our favorite dives of the trip!
Highly recommend

Truly an awesome experience. Don, Rob, Michelle, Ben, and Missy (SWEET!!!) were all fantastic! We totally lucked out — randomly stopped in the shop about 30 min after stepping off the plane and were looking to get some dives in. I’m so thankful to the universe and the dive gods for steering us in their direction because it made for some badass adventures. Thanks to you all!
If you haven’t gotten the (not-​so-​subtle) hint already… I strongly recommend you set your dives up with this crew!
Oh — and Don’s hugs are the best! :^)
Mahalo guys…
Andy and (princess) Leah

5 stars is not enough to describe how awesome this dive shop is!!!
My husband and I recently visited Maui, we are brand new to diving. (certified less than a week before vacation, and I admit I had a hard time with the certification)
I called prior to our vacation and explained my concerns about diving and that I felt uncomfortable swimming under water and was concerned that my air consumption would limit my dives.
Without knowing what to expect, I was assured that they could accommodate us and we would have a great time. They recommended a buoyancy certification 1^st, which was 2 dives to help me feel more comfortable swimming over reefs and aquatic life without damaging it. Then to go on a fun dive later.
When we arrived I was nervous, Scott was out instructor, I can not begin to tell you how awesome he was! He put us both at ease, he was funny, personable, patient, professional and he kept a good eye on me. He recognized my challenges and helped me feel so comfortable in the water I was able to stay down on one tank for 45 minutes. (usually I can make it 15 – 20 minutes)
By the end of the class, I felt so comfortable and had so much fun, I couldn’t believe it.
We did a second dive another day with Scott and he was great, he pointed out fish, turtles and we even saw a manta ray, he continued to help me with my buoyancy and feeling comfortable. he even helped me with getting a bigger tank so I could stay down longer and enjoy more.
I can not say enough how awesome the entire staff was. Not only do they run a 5 star establishment, you can feel how passionate they are about the environment, the community and that they love what they do.
I wish there was an option for 10 stars!

These guys got it going on! I have a thousand dives under my belt, and gone out with shops all over the world, and these guys are good.
They spoiled us with service, laughter, and genuine excitement about our adventure. This combo is hard to find, especially in such a tourist area such as Kihei. I would have lost my mojo long ago, and seriously EVERYONE I encountered at this company had such a contagious attitude. They would be a great choice for any beginner as they are patient and kind. As well, advanced divers will appreciate the loose leash they allow on the advanced dives. We truly had a great time, and they accounted for everything! We changed our dive plan due to weather, and it all worked out super well.
Great job team! Thanks for making our Christmas week of diving so rad!

I went on a 2 tank shore dive today with Charlie as the dive master (and as it appears, he is also somewhat of a local celebrity to resident Maui divers). The experience was simply amazing! He took care of all the necessities regarding gear selection and transportation, and was especially helpful to me since I had only done 6 saltwater dives previously. He was fun to hang out with on the surface, and safe, serious, and in charge underwater. He took us to a great dive location, pointed out several different interesting marine life (including leading us to a resting white tip shark!), and even shared his air with me for a while so my greenhorn self could stay down as long as the veterans that rounded out the group.
I will definitely book another dive with Maui Dreams the next time I am in Hawaii!

Things started out well with Maui Dreams Dive. I dive regularly, but my wife hadn’t been in the water in over a year. They were helpful over the phone so we booked a trip to Molokini and arranged to rent gear for a shore dive to give my wife a quick refresher. Everything to that point went well.
The fins they rented us were not appropriate for scuba. They were the same style fins you can rent for snorkeling for $ 1.50 at the various snorkel shops. They can get the job done with a snorkeler on the surface, but were just too small to push a full scuba unit underwater. It felt like riding a bike on the lowest gear. No matter how hard I kicked, I barely got anywhere.
This review is mostly for the boat they booked us on to Molokini. The short version is that the divemaster ignored the captain’s instructions, misread the conditions, and took us into a situation which exceeded my wife’s training and experience. We aborted the dive and the captain spent the next hour making jokes about our dive in front of my visibly upset wife. Completely insensitive and unprofessional. On top of that, it was a cattle boat with 17 divers in the water. The captain of our boat also owns Maui Dreams Dive and, if you book a dive boat, you will get this boat, this captain, and possibly this crew.

The best dive shop on Maui!
I’ve done a great deal of training here, from Advanced Open Water through IDC Staff Instructor — the staff here are professional, safe and fun-​loving.
Their prices are incredible — better than most mainland shops I’ve been in – and they service what they sell (and a bunch of stuff they don’t sell).
You can’t go wrong shore diving with Maui Dreams!