Slaughter House - This dive site is a beautiful boat dive and a beautiful but challenging beach dive. Maui Land and Pine has tried to discourage divers from accessing this dive from the beach by putting a fence up. The only way to the dive site now, is the long way. It is o.k for snorkerlers, but SCUBA gear gets a bit weighty for such a long steep walk. This dive site is part of the Honolua Marine Perserve. Nothing can be taken from this site.
From the boat we anchor just at the tip of the bay where the turtles seem to hang out. This dive site offers a rare combination of lava formations and marine life that is usually only seen on Lanai. There is a swim thru with lobsters, who seem to know that they are in a marine perserve. For some reason we seem to see more unusual marine life behavior here than at other sites. This dive is usually done as a second dive with a maximum depth of about 50 feet. Keep your eyes open for dolphin at this site. This bay and Honolua Bay, just around the cornor, seem to the resting place for the Maui pod of Spinner Dolphins.
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