We just returned from Oahu, the Big Island and Maui. We spent only one night on Oahu with friends and then over to the B.I. for a night dive with the Manta Rays (here for 4 days) then over to Maui for 7 days to dive Molokini.

The Mantas were excellent as we had 13 of them join out dive. There isn't very good diving in Hawaii as far as fish and coral go but in Hawaii you have such a good cance to see bigger animals like the mantas, sharks and dolphins and whales. On Maui we also saw a manta on a day dive and dove off Molokini at "Reefs End" as we have dove the inside and the "outside" previously. The dive off Molokini was great, seen four sharks, two greys and two white tips, also a large red frogfish, the viz wa very good.
The volcano was very interesting to see on the B.I.
We think that Maui is one of the most beautiful spots to stay in the world (at Kaanapli).
We rented a Harley one day to tour around Maui. We saw whales every day from shore and heard them singing underwater on every dive on Maui. We also did some snorkeling and we think Black Rock on Maui is about as good as any diving on Maui.
On the B. I. we did some snorkeling too. We snorkeled at "point of refuge" and had 21 sninner dolphins around us for an hour.
Hawaii has such diverse above water beauty, this was our third trip.