I could (and probably will) spend a lifetime learning about what goes on underwater and barely scratch the surface of this endlessly fascinating world. A competitor gave us an unintended compliment while talking with several of our divers. He said, "They dive like old ladies - they go so slowly. And we don't make you listen to any ‘lectures’-we get you out there and back for lunch". Our divers commented, “He just didn't realize that those are two of the neatest things about Dive Makai that keep us coming back for more”!!!

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DIVE MAKAI’S
“READ THE REEF” PROGRAM

It is our experience that people enjoy almost any activity more when they are learning, in a fun kind of way, about whatever it is they are seeing. So, to make your diving fun, we have developed our “Read The Reef” program, in which we endeavor to pass on our observations over the years about who’s doing what to whom, and why and how. Our dive briefings have been raved about in review after review. Our colorful homemade book, Kendra's photo albums, our onboard library and an encyclopedia of hand signs illustrate the special things we're looking for. People love finding out what's really going on down there - who's courting, mating, hunting and fighting. Did you know that:

· Trumpet fish have “fleas" and can change colors from their plain outfits to one of striking stripes or plaid?

· Many fish can change colors completely and that you can catch them doing it?

· 27% of the species of fish that you'll see here are unique to Hawaii?

· Many juvenile fishes bear no resemblance at all to the adults they will become?

· If you mimic turtles and rays, often they'll come to you?

· Cleaner wrasses set up "beauty parlors" all over the reefs?

· Some scorpion fish shed their skins?

· Some fish form "reef gangs" and spend their days marauding and raising havoc?

· Turtles go to cleaning stations where we can see them having their shells cleaned of algae by surgeonfish?