Can anyone recommend the best fishing in Oahu?

Can anyone recommend a good dive boat company for scuba diving in Oahu?

• We are certified divers, and have dived off Maui, Lanai, Kauai, and the Big Island, but never off Oahu. Next month we have a quick trip to to Honolulu, so someplace close would be ideal. Any suggestions and websites would be great. We want to do a 2-tank boat dive and check out a couple sites. I've done the Google search and found lots of companies, but if you can recommend one (or two) that you've used, that would be great.

• Answer:

  Hi Drew - We haven't been diving off Oahu but like you have gone to the other islands. I looked through some old dive magazines we have and found the Best of Hawaii Dive Operators in the Oct 2006 issue of Scuba Diving - but they didn't list any for Oahu! In the May 2007 issue of the same magazine, they listed the best dive sites for Oahu - Makaha Caverns (open ended lava tube), Rainbow Reef at the Ala Moana Beach Park and two wrecks: YO-257 has large holes for easy penetration and the Mahi which has a lot of sponge and coral growth. In ads, Dive Oahu says they are Oahu's premiere dive operator but I can't vouch for them from personal experience. I am sorry I couldn't help more and hope you have a great trip! Cindy