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Reeflections is not a typical dive operation. I specialize in private, guided dives and photography workshops. I do not offer dive training. If you are looking for training, certification classes or guided dives with other divers, there are many companies on Maui that offer this. Check out my Other Resources section for a recommendation. To dive with me, you will need to be a certified diver with good buoyancy control.
All of my private dives offer the following benefits:
The full, undivided attention of your divemaster. Allowing you to decide how many divers will be in the group, will limit the number of divers competing for the divemaster's focus and photography subjects. If you are the only person on the dive, guess who be first to see the frogfish the divemaster finds?
Dive at your pace. If you want to spend the entire dive around one coral head, that's what you will do. If you want to cover as much ground as your air allows, that's fine too.
Dive when and where you want. No worries about voting with other divers. You tell the me what you want to see and the kind of conditions you are comfortable with and we will travel anywhere on the island to give you the site that is the closest match (shore dives only - conditions and legaities permitting of course).
Photo tips and help. From spotting the critters to offering tips on how to capture images, this is my main goal. Sure, every dive operation claims to offer photo dives but before you take their photo advice, look at their pictures.
Environmentally aware. I have strong convictions about leading unintrusive dives. Please do not expect me to puff up pufferfish, pull octopus out their holes, or otherwise stress wildlife. My goal is to show you Maui's diverse underwater fauna in its natural state.
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If you are, or would like to be, an underwater photographer, read this:
We were at 60fsw. I thought I saw an eel poking his head out of the deep recess between two coral heads that looked as though the last storm had shoved them together. The vis wasn't the greatest, maybe 35 feet, and the divemaster seemed to be rushing us. I couldn't blame him. We had a young couple in our group that had been certified just two days before and the husband was likely to use up his air before we saw the cave and white tip we had been promised.
Yes, it was an eel, a massive yellow margin moray, and he had a large scarlet cleaner shrimp on his nose. He was surrounded by a school of bright red soldierfish. One tight framed shot would capture them all. I even had the perfect lens. I saw the prize winning photo right in front of me. I adjusted my strobe position and set my camera. I was ready. The sand looked fine so I came in high and slowly settled in front of him. He looked curious – a perfect subject.
I framed the shot in my viewfinder and it looked even better than I had anticipated. I focused. Just as I completely depressed the shutter, something blue filled the frame. Huh? I looked up and it was the fin of one diver in our group. He had just kicked up enough sand to cover a Volkswagon when it settled. The eel panicked and disappeared.
It seemed he had been sent by our divemaster to fetch me. The divemaster was just within vis range and was quacking his quacker. I guess I was holding up the show.
I had come so close to booking a private dive with Reeflections... live and learn.
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