THE #1 CHOICE IN MAUI DIVE SHOPS
SCUBA DIVE IN MAUI & LANA‘I
COME SCUBA DIVING WITH US ALONG THE COAST OF MAUI AND LANA’I
Extended Horizons operates Maui’s friendliest, most experienced, and caring Maui scuba diving shop. Our Maui dive group sizes are small (up to 6 divers). We have nationally credentialed and highly rated Maui naturalists/diving guides that know more, see more, and will show you more. We are consistently ranked the top scuba dive charter with the best Maui dive tours in the Lahaina area.
Meet The Lanai & Maui Scuba Crew
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ERIKCAPTAIN/INSTRUCTOR
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VICTORIACAPTAIN/INSTRUCTOR
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CHRISCAPTAIN/INSTRUCTOR
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SHELBYINSTRUCTOR
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EMMAINSTRUCTOR
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BRUCEINSTRUCTOR
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MARENINSTRUCTOR
ERIK
Erik is the owner operator of Extended Horizons, which he started in 1983 with two sets of dive gear and a lot of youthful energy! He is a US Coast Guard 100 ton Captain, PADI Instructor, SDI Instructor, regulator repair tech, Visual Cylinder Inspector, Certified Interpretive Guide, as well as our trailer repair tech, sometimes head mechanic and all-around maintenance and fix-it guy! If you’re lucky enough to dive with Erik, hold on to your hat! He is probably the most passionate, animated dive guide on our staff!
VICTORIA
Victoria began her diving in 1986 in Nashville, TN, and has been with Extended Horizons since 1998, when she came out on a Lana‘i charter as an Open Water Diver and decided not to go home! She is Director of Operations, our lead Captain with a US Coast Guard 100 ton license, PADI Instructor, SDI Instructor, a Certified Interpretive Guide, as well as a Published Professional Underwater Photographer. Victoria is also a certified professional for Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (in her former life she was a horse trainer, but now she trains people instead!). Victoria developed the training program for our guides and captains; she does a lot of the organization projects around the shop, usually is our Costco runner, and she’s handy with a toolbox for our various projects around the shop! Of all of those skills, her passion as a dive guide is probably her greatest strength!
CHRIS
Chris was serious about diving, and he had to be because he learned to dive (Open Water through Instructor) in the frigid waters on Lake 16 in Michigan! He decided diving full time was better in warm water, so he made the jump to Maui, where he began dive guiding at Molokini in 2016. He is also a kite surfing instructor – much better in warm water too! He started at Extended Horizons in early 2018 after gaining his US Coast Guard 100 ton captain’s license, and has since become a Certified Interpretive Guide, as well as completed captain training at EH! Chris’ kind, Michigan boy-next-door demeanor puts everyone at ease and his enthusiasm for sharing the marine life makes each dive, as one diver said, ‘an underwater detective’ event!
SHELBY
Howdy Ya’ll! Shelby is from Texas and began her dive career as Junior Open Water Diver in 2009. Driven by her curiosity into the underwater world, Shelby earned a Degree in Environmental Science, and soon after graduation moved to Honduras to pursue her Instructor Certification and begin her professional Scuba Diving career. She has participated in Coral Restoration Projects and Eco Programs, and began teaching at Extended Horizons in June, where she loves sharing and obtaining knowledge of the Worlds Oceans.
EMMA
Emma is originally from Los Angeles but has always thought of Maui as her second home. Her mom was born on island and Emma visited her family frequently growing up. She always loved wildlife and decided to pursue a degree in Animal Science and Biology. During her studies, she worked with marine mammals and interned at the Maui Ocean Center where she learned about Hawaiian sea creatures. She earned her Divemaster in Australia and her Instructor certification on Maui. Emma is an enthusiastic, yet calm diver that loves to talk about anything conservation or animal behavior related. Surprising fact: Emma’s first dive was right here on Maui at Kahekili Beach as a teenager.
BRUCE
Growing up in the Philadelphia area, Bruce was fascinated by ocean creatures, particularly sharks and whales. He got his open water diving certification in 2015 in Monterey CA and has since been lucky enough to dive some great locations in the world including Indonesia, French Polynesia, and the Caribbean. After many years of working in the tech industry in San Francisco, Bruce was ready to do his PADI instructor training in the Florida Keys in the summer of 2021, and then move to Maui to pursue his dream of teaching scuba and getting to dive Maui’s great dive sites every day. Bruce likes to geek out watching any nature documentaries like Planet Earth or Secrets of the Whales that come out!
MAREN
Maren began her dive career in 1999 at UC Santa Cruz, where she went from Open Water Diver through to DiveMaster, while earning a Bachelors degree in Psychology. She decided Maui would be the ideal place to follow her dreams and became a PADI Instructor in 2004. She started with Extended Horizons in 2005, and hasn’t looked back… in fact that’s kind of her thing, always looking forward. She’s now dive guiding with us as a fill-in only, because she has started a new career as a Paramedic and a mom! Maren’s can-do attitude and focus on quality customer service makes each charter with her special
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT OUR MAUI DIVE TOURS
- 857JaneB857 Eric and his staff were great! I dove two different days (from the boat). The staff, Maren, Emma and Rachel were great, professional, personable and made the diving fun! It... read more
June 21, 2022GlenK1970 The island experienced a southern swell while we were there so our diving options were limited but Extended Horizons helped salvage our Scuba experience. Many sites were off limits due... read more
June 9, 2022Carol K Fantastic crew who are informative, fun, helpful, knowledgeable & know how to have fun. I did not realize how much extra weight I needed with the thick neoprene & Emma... read more
June 7, 2022
WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY FOR OURSELVES
We’ve been scuba diving in Maui and operating scuba charters to Lanai since 1983. We offer the highest quality Maui scuba diving and Maui shore dives that can be found departing from the island’s west side. If you don’t already have your scuba certification, Maui dive shops typically offer PADI Lanai and Maui dive instructors that can help with that. Our commitment is to creating an experience for divers that is safe, fun, interesting and first class. Our Lanai and Maui scuba dive guides are trained in the local ocean ecology and have years of experience as instructors.
Take the opportunity to dive in Maui by joining our guides on their scuba diving tours that highlight marine behaviors. Any guide can point out the obvious like turtles, but our Maui scuba diving guides actually know the names of fish and can interpret marine life behavior patterns. Their years of experience scuba diving Maui and Lanai allow them to know where animals live, when they mate, and why they are acting unusual.
Extended Horizons leads by example being one of the few dive shops in Maui that talks about saving the reef and actually takes action. To prevent anchor damage, Extended Horizons spearheaded the actual putting in of the first 14 moorings on Lanai in the late 90’s and continues to sponsor local NGO’s, working hard to make Maui a mooring friendly place. Additionally, Extended Horizons conducts semi-annual underwater reef clean-ups. So far we’ve removed over 400 lbs of marine debris off Maui County’s reefs this year 2018! Additionally, Extended Horizons conducts semi-annual underwater reef clean-ups. Check it out on our SPECIAL EVENTS page!
We have the ONLY commercial marine tour boat on West Maui running on 100% biodiesel (not the only dive boat- the only commercial boat). Our commitment to run 100% is unique. While some Maui dive shops and businesses try to greenwash their image stating they run biodiesel, often this is just a small percentage blend. (Sometimes as little as 1%). Better yet, our biofuel is made locally in the State of Hawaii from recycled feedstocks by Pacific Biodiesel. It does cost slightly more than regular petrol diesel however it is much much much easier on the environment, reducing our carbon footprint (finprint?) by over 80% compared to petrol diesel.
With over 35 years in the scuba industry, we rely heavily on repeat business & word of mouth.
Everyone says “we’re the best” in Maui shore dives and Maui scuba diving trips. However, if you’re interested in Maui diving but prefer an unbiased opinion, check out what others say about our Maui diving by looking at reviewer sites like Yelp or TripAdvisor.
If you would like to dive in Maui or Lanai, please call us for scuba diving reservations! We will show you Maui and Lanai scuba diving with a quality difference such as using large tanks (80’s) for all divers, making computers a standard part of our rental gear, and showing you the unusual and rare sites that Maui and Lanai have to offer.
You can read about moorings on Maui and Lanai and help with the effort. Make a donation earmarked for Lanai moorings or Maui moorings by a click to MALAMA KAI. Donation is tax deductible and will make a difference on Maui’s and Lanai’s reefs for scuba divers and snorkelers today… and in the future.