Diving The Wild North Shore of Maui

We have been waiting to scuba dive the north shore of Maui for a long time. Today it all came together. Heidi and I planned to head to Maliko Gulch with our friend Pat after my baseball game today. We were a little worried that rains and winds from the nearby tropical storm would blow out the dive site but were greeted with perfect mid day conditions when we pulled up. You have to drive through a narrow rainforest road deep inside this huge gulch which ends in a bay with a little boat ramp. This is actually where big wave surfers head out on their jet skis to tackle the monster waves at Jaws, just down the coast.
I have been hearing reports of good scuba diving here so we headed out into the relative unknown. We were greeted with some new fish species, a lot of turtles hiding out in all the caves, a white tip reef shark, and some of the best topography on the island. Big boulders, caves, swim throughs, and deep underwater ravines hid countless photos opportunities.











The caves held lots of cool critters including pipefish, lobsters, and white tip reef sharks.


A huge titan scorpionfish tries to figure out if I see him or not. A few minutes later I come across this one laying vertically on the side of the reef with Heidi visible in the background.