Maui Pacific Divers is just Captain Mikal (who built the boat), and Maggie (who crews, answers the phone and emails), and of course our community of dear friends in Maui's dive and boating community. We all pitch in to help each other when needed. Many of our friends in Lahaina and Kula lost homes, jobs, boats, businesses, and more. We'd love to be busy enough to hire them.
We only launched our business last April after Mikal spent two years building our boat. Our harbor in Ma'alaea survived the fires.
- We helped transport emergency supplies when access to West Maui was cut off after the fire.
- We are offering our boat to the community for memorials on the water
- We are offering our boat to those deeply affected by Maui's fires as a way to find solace on the water. If a snorkel trip for a family, or a sunset on the water, helps people breathe and heal even a little, then we are doing our job.
- We are providing boat support to Maui Nui Marine Resource Council to collect near shore water testing data for Lahaina and South Maui (where acres of grassland also burned).
- Beyond our business, Maggie's parents live in the neighborhood hit by the Kula fire. Their house survived, but we have been assisting extended family who lost everything.
