Ever Dive with Mike Severns Diving in Maui?

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• Sep 29, 2004

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I'll be heading to Maui in December and am wondering if anyone has ever gone diving with Mike Severns Diving? How did you like their operation? If you didn't enjoy the experience, do you have any other dive boat operators you recommend?

 

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• Sep 30, 2004

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Just about did, but they had cancelled their night dive, so I ended up with Ed Robinson's.

They're both quality ops that come highly recommended from anyone I've talked to... you can't go wrong with either.

 

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• Sep 30, 2004

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Both Mike Severns and Ed Robinson's get consistently high marks on here.

 

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If you are into marine biology, Mike Severns is THE operator to dive with. Superb briefings. The owner, Pauline is incredibly knowledgeable about the marine life, and the DMs are way above average in that area also. Pauline is the person that the other dive ops on Maui go to when they have a question about something they've seen underwater.

Good, safe operation. 12 passengers + 2 DMs. Nice comfortable boat.

In addition to the standard sites, they dive a few sites that others don't, and will sometimes dive out over the sand and algae areas, showing you the creatures that most others aren't aware of.

One reason they find other sites is that the Captain and mate usually go for an exploratory dive during your SI.

 

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cagutzwiller:

I'll be heading to Maui in December and am wondering if anyone has ever gone diving with Mike Severns Diving? How did you like their operation? If you didn't enjoy the experience, do you have any other dive boat operators you recommend?

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IMHO Mike Severns Diving, Ed Robinson Diving Adventures and B&B Scuba are the top three boat operators in South Maui.
Pauline Fiene-Severns is a marine biologist.
Just be sure to book your dives in advance as December is a busy month.

 

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• Sep 30, 2004

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I'm going in Jan, anyone got a link to Mike Severns or Ed Robinson Diving? Thanks

 

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• Sep 30, 2004

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Google is your friend.

http://www.mikesevernsdiving.com/

http://www.maui-scuba.com/ --- Ed Robinson

http://www.scubadivemaui.com/ -- Extended Horizons. Good boat that goes to Lanai from Lahaina

 

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• Sep 30, 2004

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Just got back from Maui. Did a lot of shore diving and had a great time. If you get tired of the boat dives try some easy shore dives. Maui Divers in Lahaina has a good deal on fills. Buy a punch card for 35 bones and that will get you ten fills and a tank. Go to www.shorediving.com/Earth/Hawaii/index.htm to find out where to go and how to get there.

 

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• Sep 30, 2004

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I can recommend Maui Dreams in Kihei. Small groups for both shore and boat diving, really nice people, very up on species and specific spots to find unusual fauna. I did about 8 dives with them in March and enjoyed them all, from Molokini to Makena.

 

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• Sep 30, 2004

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I went with Mike Severns this past May and they are absolutely fantastic. VERY small groups, excellent DMs, interesting SI and briefings (Mike Severns wrote the book on Molokini), quality rental equipment, and tasty cinnamon rolls!