Maui Snuba & Snorkeling Tour
If you want to avoid the crowds and get true personalized service then join Aqua Adventure for the Maui snuba and snorkeling tour of a lifetime! Aqua Adventure provides you with an uncrowded and intimate Maui snorkeling and snuba experience. Their #1 goal is for you to have fun and build lasting memories of Maui's underwater world.
En route to your first Maui snuba and snorkeling location, keep your eyes open for Maui's acrobatic Spinner and Bottlenose dolphins as well as Humpback whales during whale season (Dec.-May), while you enjoy a continental breakfast. Your first destination is Molokini Crater for a snuba dive. Here you’ll be briefed on snuba basics and dive in for your first snuba experience! The second destination is Turtle Town (weather permitting) for snorkeling, where turtles are so comfortable with people; they will often approach quite close! Those who wish to purchase a second snuba dive may do so on the boat for an additional $30. A delicious buffet deli lunch will be served on the boat including sandwich fixings, chips, cookies, and refreshments.
The Aqua Adventure’s boat is a 2003 high speed vessel, powered by two 350 horse Cummins diesel engines. There is an upper sundeck, lower shaded deck, a walk around cabin that gives you access to the bow, two swim ladders for easy access in and out of the water, and two fresh-water showers.
Maui Snuba & Snorkeling Tour Booking Options:
Snuba/Snorkel Package: If you are at least 8 years old and in good health, you can snuba – no diving experience necessary! Snuba is a patented system connecting you and your dive companion to an inflatable raft, which follows along the surface supporting your air tank. It allows you to dive to a depth of 20 feet and is a thrill your entire family can enjoy. You'll begin with a short 15-minute instruction lesson with your knowledgeable underwater instructor and guide. You'll have plenty of time to get comfortable in the water before you guided underwater snuba adventure. Your second destination will be for snorkeling, however you are welcome to purchase a second snuba dive for an additional $30 on the boat.
Snorkel Only: An option for those who simply wish to snorkel.
Location: Maalaea Harbor, slip #51, Maui
Time: 3 Hours of water time - 7:00am check-in / 7:30am-12:00pm tour
Days of Operation: 7 days a week
Franko's Maui Reef Creatures Guide (fish card)
Franko's fish cards are stiff, laminated plastic, with a hole for a lanyard. Take it snorkeling or scuba diving with you!
Size of Fish Cards: 6" x 9"
FISH-M (Laminated $5.00) ISBN 1-931494-60-6
Side 1 shows a mini-map of Maui with it’s best diving and snorkeling spots. Snorkeling is Maui’s top attraction. The map is a scaled-down version of Franko’s Map of Maui, showing the island greenery and the beautiful surrounding Pacific Ocean. In the map’s ocean you’ll see a humpback whale, spinner dolphin and a Hawaiian monk seal. Maui’s main towns of Lahaina, Kihei and others and it’s highways can be seen. Below the beautiful mini-map is a fabulous photo of Maui’s Molokini Island, with a beautiful view of this crater island and the uprising Haleakala in the background. This is one small example of Maui’s incredible scenery. Molokini is visited by hundreds dozens of snorkels and scuba divers every day who come on tour boats. This helicopter view shows off Molokini’s ultra clear water as well. Snorkelers are often treated to 200+ feet of visibility. I just had to put it on the fish card to represent Maui’s fabulous underwater exploration opportunities.
Side 2 shows the wonderful reef life of Maui. Maui has fabulous snorkeling and scuba diving and this comprehensive, authoritative fish card will aid the visitor in knowing what he or she is looking at. This picture of Maui’s fish is the result of personal inspiration, as Franko has snorkeled all up and down Maui leeward side. The fish card, which measure 6" x 9", is printed on plastic and then laminated so that it is stiff, shiny and waterproof. It has a hole for a lanyard, so you can actually take it diving or snorkeling. A thick rubber band is an effective lanyard for me. The reef creatures depicted on these cards are taken from my own artwork on Franko’s Map of Maui. A few reef creatures have been added since the first edition. The fish shown include over 80 species, including a dozen or so that are found nowhere else on earth. The Hawaiian fish shown are selected from about 435 species that exist in Hawaii, and are based on Franko’s personal exploration. The colors and the means of showing them are based on personal observation. The naming of the fish in Hawaiian as well as English is helped by the experts at the Maui Ocean Center, The Pacific Whale Foundation, Hanauma Bay rangers, The Waikiki Aquarium, and local knowledge. You’ll see all of your favorites, including the ever interesting Humuhumu Nukunuku Apua’a, Hawaii’s State Fish. I love these reef creatures!
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