Snorkeling at Makena, Maui
April 19, 2009
Snorkeling is one of my favorite Maui pastimes. I love to go out at Makena Big Beach or Ahihi Wildlife Reserve. Ahihi is a little more tame. You can be in one foot of seawater and see big, colorful fish swimming by! Makena Beach is for more advanced snorkelers because the sea can be rough. Makena has schools of fish to swim though, and sea turtles to “surge” with. I coined a new word “surging”, for floating in and out with the turtles as the waves go over the reefs.
Here I am snorkeling at the Aquarium, a natural, deep seawater pool with thousands of different brightly colored fish. As a Pisces, I feel like I belong in the sea, swimming in the schools of fish. Sometimes I have dreams that I can breathe underwater.
Here are photos of the Aquarium. Isn’t it gorgeous? There are endless adventures on Maui. Aloha, Nina

Salt water natural aquarium in Makena
Ravi Dass said,
April 28, 2009 @ 7:18 am
How do I get to this aquarium? Or do you want to go with me?
AndrewBoldman said,
June 4, 2009 @ 3:34 pm
Da best. Keep it going! Thank you
greg maxwell said,
September 27, 2009 @ 8:54 pm
So many questions – so little space. As we sat on the wall-fence at UOP decades ago, you told me that you had ridden your Honda to Big Sur. In any case, you took me for a ride on your Honda. Only good can come of that! If you go back to Big Sur some day, call me! Affectionately, Greg
Ski Boats said,
November 16, 2009 @ 8:59 pm
Hey
NINA CHERRY » Blog Archive » Snorkeling at Makena, Maui, great article, really well thought out and very much enjoyed.
Cheers
Steve said,
May 28, 2010 @ 3:23 pm
Da best. Keep it going! Thank you
Amy said,
June 5, 2010 @ 5:58 am
Hey
NINA CHERRY » Blog Archive » Snorkeling at Makena, Maui, great article, really well thought out and very much enjoyed.
Cheers
Peter said,
July 28, 2010 @ 1:26 am
Hi Nina, I love to see you free dive, it’s a wonderful sport!