Charlie99
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Krisb posted a pretty good description of what's needed for Molokini backwall -- you need to be comfortable doing a "no-bottom" dive, and need to be comfortable doing a blue water safety stop without an ascent/mooring line or other reference. You also need to stay aware of your depth. Divers that are more used to low viz, even experienced ones, have been fooled by the water clarity and descended a lot deeper than the intended profile.
Reef's End is a dive that many operators will do when they have a group of divers of varying skill level. One common profile is to start inside the crater in 50' of water. The end of the end of the reef is a couple hundred feet away, and divers can get comfortable before going over the ridge onto the outer wall side. There's generally lots of variety in the fish, eel, and sharks on the sloping outer edge of Reef's End, with interesting stuff all the way from >150' up to the surface. As the dive progresses further around the backside, the wall steepens up to nearly vertical. With its variety in both topology and marine life, Reef's End is my favorite dive in Maui.
Reef's End is a dive that many operators will do when they have a group of divers of varying skill level. One common profile is to start inside the crater in 50' of water. The end of the end of the reef is a couple hundred feet away, and divers can get comfortable before going over the ridge onto the outer wall side. There's generally lots of variety in the fish, eel, and sharks on the sloping outer edge of Reef's End, with interesting stuff all the way from >150' up to the surface. As the dive progresses further around the backside, the wall steepens up to nearly vertical. With its variety in both topology and marine life, Reef's End is my favorite dive in Maui.
