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Dive Sites of Oahu
Discover Oahu’s thrilling dive sites, offering a mix of history and beauty with famous WWII wrecks, vibrant reefs, and encounters with Hawaii’s majestic sea turtles. Dive beneath bustling Waikiki to explore vibrant marine ecosystems or venture further to shipwrecks and caverns off the coast. Oahu's rich underwater adventures bring you close to Hawaii’s deep-sea legends and unforgettable beauty.
Wreck Dives of Oahu
Sea Tiger
Depth: Lies in about 127 feet of sand, main deck between 85 and 100 feet.
Highlights: Home to morays, octopus, white tip reef sharks, eagle rays, and schooling pennant butterflyfish.
History: Sunk in 1999 by Voyager Submarine as an artificial reef.
YO-257 &
San Pedro
These two wrecks are lying side by side.
Depth: Main deck at 85 feet, maximum depth 100 feet.
Highlights: Beautiful swim-throughs, schools of fish, turtles, and occasional sharks.
History: A former Navy yard oiler, sunk in 1989 as an artificial reef.
San Pedro
Depth: Sits next to the YO-257 at a depth of about 100 feet.
Highlights: Schools of fish, turtles, eagle rays, and occasional sharks inside the wreck.
History: An old Korean fishing boat sunk in 1996 to create an artificial reef.
Navy Tug
Depth: Sits at approximately 65 feet deep.
Highlights: White tip reef sharks, eagle rays, schooling stripe snappers, and “bait balls” of mackerel.
History: Nashua, aka the Navy Tug sunk in 2012 to form an artificial reef and continues to serve as a training site for the US Navy.
Corsair
Depth: Lies at 105 feet deep.
Highlights: Surrounded by garden eels, large morays, leaf scorpionfish, and frogfish.
History: A plane that crash-landed in 1948 during a training exercise, creating a unique dive site
Reef Dives
Ewa Pennacles
Ewa Pinnacles features towering lava formations that create an underwater landscape unlike any other. The formations rise from a depth of 100 feet to about 60 feet, offering divers plenty of opportunities to explore the pinnacles and the vibrant marine life that inhabits them.
Depth: 60 to 100 feet
Dive Type: Reef Dive
Experience Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Keehi Pipe
Keehi Pipe is another storm drain, but gets the name ‘Mario World’ for the several vertical outcroppings coming up from the horizontal pipe. Check out the sandy bottom for freckled snake eels poking their heads out and juvenile peacock razor wrasse hovering above the sand.
Depth: 40 to 70 feet
Dive Type: Reef Dive
Experience Level: Intermediate
Turtle Canyon
Nestled off the coast of Oahu,This spot is known for the large numbers of sea turtles that float above the reef while the reef fish swim around them and clean their shells.Situated a mere one and a half miles from the bustling Waikiki shores, this aquatic paradise is readily accessible through a brief yet picturesque boat journey.
Depth: 30 to 50 feet
Dive Type: Reef Dive
Experience Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Nautilus Reef
Nautilus Reef, located off the coast of Oahu, is known for its two large finger reefs that sit next to each other. With several more fingers extending both east and west from the main moorings, this site offers divers a unique and captivating underwater landscape.
Depth: 40 to 80 feet
Dive Type: Reef Dive
Experience Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Kewalo Pipe
Kewalo Pipe, located off the coast of Oahu, is the largest of Dive Oahu’s dive sites. This old storm drain has become a thriving underwater ecosystem, surrounded by garden coral fields and finger reefs.
Depth: 30 to 60 feet
Dive Type: Reef Dive
Experience Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Horseshoe Reef
Horseshoe Reef gets its name from two horse shoe shaped reefs sitting back to back, similar to an UnderArmor symbol. This reef is a great place witness the different phases and color variations that wrasse go through throughout their life cycle like the yellowtail coris and rock-mover wrasse.
Depth: 40 to 80 feet
Dive Type: Reef Dive
Experience Level: Beginner to Advanced