First Cathedral
★★★★★
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Just off of Maui sits the small island of Lanai. You can stay on this island but most people opt for staying on Maui and then taking a dive charter over to Lanai just for the day. First Cathedral is Lanai’s most popular dive site featuring a two-story underwater cavern that will take your breath away.
Most people come for the breathtaking lava tube openings in the cathedral but you’ll also get to see turtles, sharks, lobsters and an array of fish, including the endemic Bandit Angel.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
87 Sightings
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Green Turtle
53 Sightings
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Total number of species: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
37 Sightings
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Total number of species: 600
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Wrasse
25 Sightings
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Spinner Dolphin
16 Sightings
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Humpback Whale
7 Sightings
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Total number of species: 130
Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek
Butterfly Fish
78 Sightings
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Total number of species: 90
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Angelfish
59 Sightings
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Total number of species: 100
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Parrotfish
53 Sightings
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Total number of species: 40
iStock-wrangel
Triggerfish
44 Sightings
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