Maui Afternoon Snorkel Aboard Malolo to Molokini or Coral Gardens

Great snorkel trip! From the boat to the crew to the snorkel everything was top tier! We had to skip Molokini due to high winds but, coral gardens was great with tons of fish and coral!

Great trip! Crew was great. Sad the conditions didn’t allow for the crater snorkeling but it saw some great fish, coral and turtles.

We are late risers, and this is one the only afternoon snorkeling trips. (For good reasons: the best conditions are in the morning.) They have two options that the captain chooses from according to that day’s snorkeling report. We were blessed to have PERFECT conditions at Molokini Crater. Crystal clear water, excellent coral. We’ve seen more fish in other places, but there were a good number here. And a Hawaiian monk seal swam right under me and to the boat! Captain was stoked. Second time in twenty years! The crew and equipment were perfect. Lunch was great. Hint: we are vegetarians. Everyone else got hot dogs. We got a delicious wrap. Might want to go vegetarian for a meal. 😉

The staff was friendly and the equipment was top notch. The choices for floatation devices was much appreciated, but not being able to go to Molokini was disappointing and the engagement of the crew is lacking. Not a bad experience, just not the best we've ever had.

Verify before you go and get on the boat whether or not they will be going to the crater or not. We did not know until AFTER they untied from the dock and was already headed out into open waters. Had we known they weren’t even going near it, we would’ve just cancelled and not gone. Or gone with a different event/operator. I realise that it says the crater “or” coral gardens., We weren’t even given a choice to even to drive by the crater to even see it up close. And going to the crater was the primary reason for us even booking this reservation in the first place. Needless to say we wish we had not done it and gone with something else. It was so crowded. Couldnt move. Felt like sardines. Got a cup of water. Mixed drinks was pay for them as ordered. The last and only hotdog on the dry bun was disgusting. The others in my group never got one. All they did was go up the coastline about 2-3 miles and roped off about 50 feet from the road!! We literally could have driven there in half the time, parked at a beach about 100 yards away and swam to the same exact location. They did tell us after we questioned them about it on the way back, that they only go to the crater about 20% of the time and 80% of the time they just normally go to the coral garden. If that is the case, then this advertisement and the photo used to promote it is extremely misleading, should be considered as false advertisement and this event/activity should be renamed to more accurately indicate what your members should realistically expect. Extremely disappointed. And feel like a sucker, after sharing with everyone in our group of 59 on our trip, what we were going to do today. We feel, duped & disappointed. And if I could get a refund, I’d take it. Lesson learned. And I’ll be sharing this with my group.

Awesome helpful friendly and kind staff would highly recommend! It was my daughter’s first time and everyone was so helpful.

Read all the other reviews on this website before booking and understand their messages. The excursion was exactly what they publish in the description, we went to coral garden, saw some fish, had a hot dog, chips, and $3 drinks. Departed on time, returned on time. The snorkeling area is not exciting, few fish, little color, few sea urchins, just not the experience Molokini would offer. Felt like they never go to Molokini. Boat was crowded, but everybody had a seat.

Captain and crew are great, very friendly. We did the 3hr afternoon snorkel. They advertise Molokini crater, but there isn't enough time to travel there & back to snorkel, so they sould not advertise that. The coral gardens we went to were okay, the coral and fish are not very colorful. We did see 2 tutles so there was that. I would recommend leaving for the morning snorkel, which is longer and can travel to the crater.

This was a great tour, I rated it 4 instead of 5 only because I had booked thinking we were going to Molokini and found as we were headed out that it wasn’t going there but to Coral Gardens. In fairness the booking said Molokini or Coral Gardens and I didn’t catch that. But over all great crew and helpful. It was also a lovely surprise that they had hotdogs and chips waiting for us when we got out of the water. Photos were taken of us boarding, on boat and in water and was available to us for purchase. Would book with them again.

In our case it was the wind that prevented us from going to Molikini. Coral Gardens was the backup and it was great for first timers. The bonus- a pod of Colton’s swimming with the boat.