Hawaii Snorkeling Travel Guide

Hawaii Snorkeling Travel Guide

• Hawaii Overview
• Hawaii Hotels
• Hawaii Attractions
• Hawaii Feature Articles
• Hawaii Airports
• Hawaii Flights
• Hawaii Vacation Rentals

Other Guides for Hawaii

• Hawaii Travel
• Active and Adventure Guide
  • Biking
  • Hiking and Backpacking
  • Paddling
• Beach Guide
  • Kiteboarding
  • Scuba Diving
  • Snorkeling
  • Surfing
  • Windsurfing
• Family Guide
• Gay and Lesbian Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Camping
  • Nature

Top Snorkeling Destinations In Hawaii

• Maui, HI
  (8.7 mi.)
• Oahu, HI
  
• Big Island, HI
  
• Kauai, HI
  
• Lanai, HI
  (30 mi.)
• Molokai, HI
  

Travel Guides In Hawaii

• Honolulu, HI
• Maui, HI (8.7 mi.)
  • Beach Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Gay and Lesbian Guide
  • Family Guide
• Oahu, HI
  • Beach Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Gay and Lesbian Guide
  • Family Guide
• Big Island, HI
  • Beach Guide
  • Family Guide
• Kauai, HI
  • Beach Guide
  • Family Guide
• Hilo, HI
• Kailua-Kona, HI
• Lahaina, HI (16 mi.)
• Honaunau, HI
• Kahului, HI (8.7 mi.)

Pacific Coast Snorkeling States/Provinces

• California
• Hawaii

Beach Travel Destinations

• United States
  • Mid-Atlantic
  • Mountain West
  • Northeast
  • Pacific Coast
  • Southeast
• Caribbean
  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Aruba
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Grenada
  • Jamaica
  • Netherlands Antilles
  • Puerto Rico
  • St. Kitts and Nevis
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Turks and Caicos
  • U.S. Virgin Islands
• Central America
  • Belize
  • Costa Rica
  • Honduras
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
• Mexico
  • Baja
  • Central Mexico
  • Gulf Coast
  • Northern Mexico
  • Southern Mexico
  • Yucatán

Molokai (courtesy, Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau)

On This Page:

• Top Destinations
• Photos
• Feature Articles
• Trip Ideas
• Practical Advice
• Adventure Trips
• Gear
• Fitness
• Attractions
• Hotels

Top Snorkeling Destinations	Related Travel Guides	Find Hotels
Maui		Hotels
Oahu		Hotels
Big Island		Hotels
Kauai		Hotels
Molokai		Hotels
Lanai		Hotels

Photos

Feature Articles

• Total Immersion
  outside
  One family's 18-month (and counting) Hawaiian Hiatus
• Island Hopper, Island Hiker
  outside
  
• Hawaii
  outside
  Where to play, eat, and stay in the Hawaiian Islands
• Captain Cook Never Sailed Here
  outside
  The Forbidden Island, Niihau
• Book 'Em, Daddy-O
  outside
  Eight great resorts on four islands with activities for all. Be there. Aloha.

Trip Ideas

• Ten Delicious Places to Dip into Diving
  Kona, Hawaii: Polynesian Diving

Practical Advice

• Sharks: Myths and Realities
  Every summer, the ominous display of a dorsal fin sends crowds scurrying for the shore—and newspaper headlines exploding with warnings. Find out why that’s the wrong way to act.
• Deep Focus
  Learn the basics of underwater photography and you expand the experience of scuba diving and snorkeling. Our ten tips will help keep things crystal clear.
• The Move
  outside
  Go deeper with champion freediver Tanya Streeter
• A Diving Primer
  

GORPtravel Adventure Trips & Guided Tours

• 
  Hawaiian Seascapes
  AdventureSmith Explorations
  from $3995, 8 days
  We are proud to introduce yacht adventures in America's very own paradise, the Hawaiian Islands. This unique six-island itinerary allows you to...
  

Gear

• Diving Fin Innovations
  outside
  Maiden voyage of the man-fish
• Tropical Getaway
  outside
  The key to packing light for a warm-weather trip: quality, not quantity.
• Olympus Stylus 790 SW
  outside
  
• Aqualung Mythos mask and Caravelle ADJ fins
  outside
• JBL Woody Sawed-Off Magnum Speargun
  outside

Fitness

• The Move
  outside
  Go deeper with champion freediver Tanya Streeter

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Attractions

Hulopo'e Beach Park and Marine Preserve

Good For SNORKELING

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(behind Manele Bay Hotel)
One Manele Bay Road
Lanai City, Hawaii 96763

Description: Although it's one of the most popular destinations on Lana'i, this beach manages to retain... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Hanouli Malo'o Bay

Good For SNORKELING

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Molokai, Hawaii

Description: Hanouli Malo'o Bay is located between Murphy's Beach and Sandy Beach. It is a popular surfing destination, but the area also has a sandy beach for swimming and snorkeling. ... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Trilogy Lanai Ocean Sports

Good For SNORKELING

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Manele Bay, Hawaii

Description: Trilogy Lanai Ocean Sports is located at the Manele Bay Hotel. It offers a variety of sailing,... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Hotels

The Lodge at Molokai Ranch

Good for SNORKELING

100 Maunaloa Highway
Maunaloa, HI Map

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FOUR SEASONS LANAI MANELE BAY

Good for SNORKELING

1 Manele Bay Road
Lanai City, HI 96763 Map

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Four Seasons Lanai, The Lodge at Koele

Good for SNORKELING

1 Keomoku Highway
Lanai City, HI Map

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Top Hawaii Snorkeling Destinations

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