Skimmins Reef – Oahu’s Rarely-Visited East Side Drift Dives with Island Divers

When we get breaks in the winter weather, Island Divers is perfectly positioned minutes away from the doorstep to the long reef wall surrounding Hanauma Bay, which spans from the tip of Portlock Point (sometimes known as “China Walls”) all the way to Lanai Lookout. With Spitting Cave, Sea Cave, Baboon Nose, Palea Point, Skimmins Reef, Marioworld, and Lanai Lookout dive sites all in your back yard and variable winds on the forecast, you know where we’re going…

Schooling Pennant Butterflyfish at Skimmins Reef

scuba diving club members

2025 Oahu Scuba Diving Club Events

Scuba Diving Club Events for 2025

The Oahu Scuba Diving Club has been around since 2000, so this will be its 25th year!  While this calendar may change as the year goes on, you may want to bookmark this page:  Club Event Booking Calendar  The events that are being added to the calendar as we speak are listed on this page.  Here is what the scuba diving club calendar looks like right now:

 

planned Scuba Diving Club 2025 events

January 1 – New Year 3 Tank Dive

January 11 – Club Whale Watch 

January 12 –  China Wall Clean Up drift dive (all of these dive in partnership with Ocean Defenders Alliance)

January 19 – 3 Tank Club Dive

January 25 – Molokai 3 tanker

 

Febuary 1 –  Club 2 Tank dive

February 8 –  Club Whale Watch

February 9 –  China Wall Clean Up drift dive

February 16 – 3 Tank Club Dive 

February 22 –  Pool try dive

 

March 1 – Club 2 Tank Night Dive (Night Specialty)

March 8-9 – Stress & Rescue, React Right

March 9 – Nagaoka Fireworks, Sunset & Whale Watch

March 16 –  Club 3 Tank 

March 16 –  China Wall Clean Up drift dive

March 29 – Club 2 Tank Dive

 

April 6 – Molokai Trip

April 13 – China Wall Clean Up drift dive

April 19 – Easter Egg Hunt

April 26 – 2 Tank Double Drift (Drift Diver Specialty)

 

May 3 – 1 Tank Beer fridge night dive $10 and a 12 pack

May 11 – China Wall Clean Up drift dive

May 18 – Triple Deep (Deep Specialty)

May 26 –  Memorial Day Wreckspedition 4 Tank

May 31 –  Club 2 Tank

 

June 8 – Club 3 Tank Dive

June 15 – Fathers Day 3 Tank – Fathers Dive Free with Paid Club Member.

June 22 – China Wall Clean Up drift dive

June 28-29 – Stress & Rescue, React Right

 

July 4 – Fireworks Cruise BYOB

July 12 – Club 2 Tank 

July 19 –  Womans Dive Day $49 One Tank Barge Dive – Bring a Non Cert Friend Same Price

July 20 – China Wall Clean Up drift dive

July 27 – Club 3 Tank

 

August 2 – Club 2 Tank Dive

August 9 – Club Full Moon 2 Tank Night Dive

August 10 – OChina Wall Clean Up drift dive

August 17 – Club 3 Tank Dive

August 24 – Sharks Cove Club Dive

 

September 1 – Labor Day Club 3 Tank – Rabbit Island

September 7 – China Wall Clean Up drift dive

September 13 – Club 2 Tank

September 21 – Molokai 3 Tank

September 28 – Club 3 Tank

 

October 4 – China Wall Clean Up drift dive

October 11 – Club 2 Tank Dive

October 19 – China Wall Clean Up drift dive

October 25 – Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest

October 26 – Club 1 Tank Haunted Wreck Twilight Dive

 

November 2 – China Wall Clean Up drift dive

November 10 – Veterans Dive @ Club Rate

November 15 – Club 1 tank Night Dive

November 27 – Turkey Fry

 

December 6 – Club 2 Tank Dive

December 7 – China Wall Clean Up drift dive

December 14 – Wreckspedition 4 Tank

December 25 – Christmas 3 Tank Dive @ 11am

Makaha lava tubes inside caverns

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Some pics of the Mahi wreck from June 2024

The Mahi wreck images above were taken on a club dive on June 29th 2024.  They are typical of the images collected from the kind of local events you would be notified of if you signed up for the local newsletter.

school of horse eye jack on the raja Ampat Trip with Island Divers

Video from the February 2024 Island Divers trip to Raja Ampat

 

Video from Raja Ampat

February 2024 with Island Divers

Please enjoy this video made with pictures and videos our travel group took while on the Raja Ampat dive trip aboard the Damai liveaboard.

Link to the 2026 trip, booking now!

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