Quick Details
- For: Certified scuba divers
- Dive type: Guided shore dive
- Time: After sunset
- Equipment: Rental scuba equipment included
- Dive light: Included
- Twilight Dive: Optional add-on/package available at checkout
Night Dive
cost is per person
$ 189
Two-Dive Package Twilight plus Night
clicost is per person
$ 348
Experience Maui’s Underwater World After Dark
Night diving reveals a completely different side of the reef. As daylight fades, familiar dive sites change and nocturnal marine life begins to emerge. Your dive light illuminates the reef as you explore the underwater environment with an experienced guide.
Depending on the dive site, conditions, and wildlife activity, you may encounter Hawaiian green sea turtles, eels, octopuses, lobsters, crabs, tropical fish, and other marine life that is active after sunset. White-Tip Reef Sharks may also be seen. Wildlife sightings can never be guaranteed.
Explore Mala Wharf After Dark
Mala Wharf is a distinctive Lahaina dive site with underwater structure that takes on an entirely different character at night. If you’ve experienced Mala Wharf during the day, night diving offers a new perspective on the site.
As darkness falls, your dive light can reveal nocturnal creatures moving across the reef and around the underwater structure. Depending on conditions and wildlife activity, you may encounter octopuses, lobsters, crabs, moray and conger eels, sleeping Hawaiian green sea turtles, tropical fish, and other marine life.
The underwater environment, dive route, and conditions can vary from night to night, and your guide will plan the dive accordingly.
What to Expect on Your Night Dive
You’ll meet your guide at the pre-arranged dive location in Lahaina for a detailed safety and dive briefing. Your rental scuba equipment and dive light will be ready for you when you arrive.
Before entering the water, your guide will review the dive plan, communication procedures, site conditions, and important considerations for diving after dark. Once everyone is comfortable and ready, you’ll enter the ocean from shore and begin your guided night dive.
Your route, depth, and overall dive plan will be based on the conditions and the group’s experience.
Start with a Twilight Dive
Want to spend even more time underwater? Choose the Twilight Dive + Night Dive package and experience the reef as it transitions from daylight into darkness.
Starting before sunset lets you experience the underwater environment in changing light before continuing your guided night dive.
The exact dive plan and conditions may vary.
Is a Night Scuba Dive Right for You?
This experience is a great choice for:
- Certified scuba divers
- Divers looking for a different Maui diving experience
- Divers who have already experienced daytime reef diving
- Divers interested in nocturnal marine life
- Divers comfortable diving after dark with an experienced guide
Haven’t been diving recently? Consider a Scuba Refresher Dive in Ka’anapali before booking a night dive.
Certification & Recent Diving Experience
Night diving is for certified scuba divers. Because diving after dark requires comfort with scuba equipment and underwater skills, recent diving experience is recommended.
If you haven’t been diving recently or feel rusty, consider booking a Scuba Refresher Dive before your night diving experience.
Not a Certified Diver Yet?
You don’t need scuba certification to experience Maui underwater. If you’re new to scuba diving, explore our Beginner Scuba Dive experience and discover the reef with a professional instructor.
Ready to Experience Maui After Dark?
Join a guided night scuba dive in Lahaina and discover a completely different side of Maui’s underwater world.