{"id":569,"date":"2010-12-25T09:41:25","date_gmt":"2010-12-25T09:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/best-snorkeling-options-from-wailea\/"},"modified":"2022-11-18T13:01:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T13:01:23","slug":"maui-vacation-information-best-snorkeling-options-from-wailea-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/maui-vacation-information\/best-snorkeling-options-from-wailea.html","title":{"rendered":"Best Snorkeling Options From Wailea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11498\" title=\"Tropical Hawaiian Fish\" src=\"https:\/\/stage.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tropical-hawaiian-fish.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>Wailea gives you a variety of options for the best snorkeling on Maui.\u00a0Whether you take an excursion or venture yourself, you\u2019ll find that\u00a0Wailea offers snorkeling for all skill levels. Maluaka Bay, also known\u00a0locally as Turtle Town, is a white sand beach that is known for its\u00a0calm waters. The beach does not have a lifeguard on duty, but there\u00a0are picnic tables, grassy areas too, a paved parking lot and\u00a0restrooms. The beach is located on Maui\u2019s South Shore at the end of\u00a0Makena Road, south of Wailea. Find the south part of the beach for the\u00a0coral reef alongside the rocks. The slope makes it a bit easier to\u00a0find your comfort level in the water and you\u2019ll soon discover turtles,\u00a0fish, eels, crustaceans and maybe even an octopus or two.<\/p>\n<p class=\"alert\">Enjoy all of the great snorkeling Wailea has to offer from one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/Hawaii\/Maui\/Wailea\/rentals1.htm\">Wailea vacation rentals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ahihi-Kina&#8217;u Natural Area Reserve is a unique and incredible site for\u00a0snorkeling near Wailea. While the beach has no sand, the snorkeling is\u00a0right at the edge, with lava rock and reef just waiting to be explored\u00a0for the marine life, which is a mix of temporary and permanent habitat\u00a0for the fish and turtles. Most beginners will want to wade in and\u00a0families will find this cove area safe and easy as well as clear in\u00a0the morning (enter on the north side, the right side of the cove).\u00a0Haleakala lava flow from 1790 created this now protected area. Careful\u00a0of the living coral on the ocean floor while exploring.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>While visiting Maui, it is imperative that you experience a\u00a0Molokini snorkel trip, which is a short boat ride of three miles from Maui\u2019s South Shore.\u00a0The crescent-shaped island is what was once the northern rim of the\u00a0volcano between Maui and Kahoolawe in the Alalakeiki Channel. The\u00a0waters forced the formation of a stunning crescent, whether seen from\u00a0the sea or from the air. A variety of fish, eel, crustaceans, whales,\u00a0monk seals and manta rays are swirling in the vast waters of Molokini.<\/p>\n<p class=\"alert\">Also please consider our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/Hawaii\/Maui\/Wailea\/condos1.htm\">Wailea condos<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/Hawaii\/Maui\/Wailea\/luxury1.htm\">Wailea luxury rentals<\/a> for your stay on Maui&#8217;s south shore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wailea gives you a variety of options for the best snorkeling on Maui.\u00a0Whether you take an excursion or venture yourself, you\u2019ll find that\u00a0Wailea offers snorkeling for all skill levels. Maluaka Bay, also known\u00a0locally as Turtle Town, is a white sand beach that is known for its\u00a0calm waters. The beach does not have a lifeguard on&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/maui-vacation-information\/best-snorkeling-options-from-wailea.html\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Best Snorkeling Options From Wailea<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maui-vacation-information","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1424,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions\/1424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}