Lanai Snorkel and Dolphin Watch from Lahaina in Maui booking from $201.14

Lanai Snorkel and Dolphin Watch from Lahaina

Overview

Snorkel off the island of Lana’i and watch dolphins in the wild all in one trip. You'll discover why Lana’i has been rated one of the top 10 snorkel and dive spots in the world as you snorkel a dazzling coral reef for about 1.5 hours, home to abundant fish and sea turtles. You'll also search for wild dolphins that are often found off Lanai, including spinner, spotted and bottle nose dolphins. Your vessel has a water slide and snorkel platform for easy access to the water.

City: Maui

Sat 21 Jun

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What's Included

Continental breakfast: banana bread, assorted pastries, fresh island fruit, juice, Maui coffee

Lunch: chicken breasts, garden burgers, hot dogs, potato salad, veggie salad, chocolate chip cookies

Onboard Jr. Naturalist Program for kids

Certified Marine Naturalists on board

Unlimited soda, juice, and filtered water

1 complimentary alcoholic beverage (adults 21+ with valid picture ID)

Premium snorkel gear, including optical masks for eyeglass wearers

Additional Info

Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Children 4 and under are free (one per paying adult). Children ages 5-12 pay child rate/all children must be on reservation
Please check in 45 minutes prior to your departure time at our Pacific Whale Foundation Ocean Store located in the Harbor Shops at Ma'alaea, adjacent to the Maui Ocean Center Aquairum.
To protect the reef environment and in support of the statewide ban on sunscreens, we will no longer allow the use of any non-reef safe sunscreen on board any snorkel eco tours. 4oz Reef safe sunscreen will be available on board for $13
You will need to bring your own towels and credit cards for any onboard purchases as the vessels are cashless except for gratuities
For safety reasons, the use of full-face masks is not permitted on our snorkel ecotours. We do provide high quality snorkel gear on board for all guests.

What To Expect

Maalaea Harbor

You'll depart Ma'alaea Harbor on one of our double-deck eco-friendly catamarans. It offers a smooth and relaxing ride, with spacious shaded cabin and rear deck. It also has sunbathing areas on the bow and upper deck and is equipped with tables and comfortable armchair seats. The galley bar serves drinks, buffet and barbeque. You can also rinse off using our freshwater showers when you finish snorkeling. This vessel is 65 feet long, comes with two his/her bathrooms, and is equipped with U.S. Coast Guard-approved Whale Protection Devices.

Lanai

Once you reach the coastline of Lanai, you will snorkel for 90 minutes at one of their many reefs and see plenty of reef fish, marine life including eels and octupus. The waters of Lanai are also frequented by wild dolphins (spinners, bottlenose and striped). Sightings of humpback whales are also common from December through April.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (221)

northbaychris

Nov 2024

Awful experience on the Ocean Spirit with the Lanai Snorkel Sail excursion from Norwegian Sun. The experience itself was underwhelming as the snorkel sight was a man-made reef that was very disappointing. The area was close to shore and in a high traffic area. Not the beautiful reef we expected, very little color. There was Sea turtles which was nice but other than that there were some plain uninteresting fish and very little else. What made it an unpleasant experience was the captain of the ship, I believe his name was Chris, an older guy with a young crew. The young crew were great and gave some interesting insight and were helpful. The captain a different story. He was an arrogant smart mouth with little people skills. We had ordered ahead of time (twice to make sure) for the meal, as I have Celiac disease and am highly allergic to gluten. They assured us there was no problem but when the meal came about the Captain had zero knowledge of Gluten free and the danger of cross-contamination. He had wheat buns touching all the meat and when I told him I could not eat if wheat had contaminated the meat in any way, he had a blank look and had only a small cold veggie burger he located and said that was it, not safe to eat as he really knew nothing. After I moved on in line he mocked me to the other guests by saying "be careful people you might get cross-contaminated". What a jerk, that was not necessary and he should not be serving food if he has no concept about allergies and cross contamination. Lousy snorkel location and a captain that should be demoted to swabbing the deck.

Response from Host

Dec 2024

I am so sorry to hear about your disappointing experience, but very much appreciate your feedback which has forwarded to our Commercial Operations Director. From your description of the experience, I can only assume that weather may have prevented you from going to Lanai, as they are no man-made reefs there or anywhere here, but seeing turtles would be very rare over at Lanai and it isn't near any traffic. I know you booked through NCL Sun, so there is no way for us to provide any type of refund. But I would be happy to offer you a gift certificate for another trip should you plan to visit the island again in the future. You may contact me directly at [email protected] if that would be of interest.

Paul_M

Nov 2024

The captain, staff and boat were all professional and great. Our only issue, but a huge one, was that this is promoted as a snorkeling trip to Lanai. We didn't go to Lanai but to Lahaina. The wind was too strong to go to Lanai. Upon checking in, we were not informed of this likelihood nor possibility. The captain and staff should have informed us and given us the option prior to departing, of this fundamental change in plans, that we only learned once we left.

Response from Host

Nov 2024

Aloha Paul and thank you for your feedback. I did speak with our port captain, and even though it was windy in Ma'alaea Harbor, it was not a given at the time of departure that the channel wasn't crossable. It's very difficult as times here on Maui to know what the winds may be like from one area to the next as it can change quite quickly. I am sorry to hear that Lanai wasn't doable that day and I am happy to provide you with a partial refund. It does not appear to be the fault of the captain on that day based on prevalent conditions at that time. Please feel free to reach out to me directly at [email protected] to discuss a partial refund.

Amber_Z

Oct 2024

Amazing experience. We’ve been to Hawaii 6 times and this was the first time seeing spinner dolphins. The snorkeling was great and the captain and crew were wonderful.

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