Molokini Snorkel Sail: Explore Maui's Marine Preserve

Experience the thrill of a lifetime on a Molokini snorkel and performance sail from Ma’alaea Harbor. Sail Maui offers the best sailing experience to Maui’s incredible snorkeling destination.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Molokini Crater - This trip’s destination is Molokini, a crescent shaped crater a few short miles offshore from Maui. The water here is crystal clear and home to hundreds of species of fish. We’ll get you fitted for snorkel gear and give lessons if necessary, then drop our ladder for easy access to some of the most incredible snorkeling in Hawaii.
What's Included
  • Light breakfast with fresh, local coffee
  • Buffet lunch & assorted beverages
  • Snorkel gear and floatation
  • Complimentary reef safe sunscreen
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Sail Maui is delighted to present a destination snorkel sail to Molokini, one of Maui’s most remarkable snorkeling spots. This distinctive, crescent-shaped crater is a natural marine sanctuary, home to over 250 species of tropical fish.
Onboard Akialoa, guests will enjoy an unforgettable adventure! The Molokini snorkel excursion offers the finest sailing…

Location
Maalaea Harbor
Slip 72
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Igor_g
Aug 15, 2025
Guys absolutely outdone... - Guys absolutely outdone themselves. Amazing vessel, food, vibes and music was just right. If you’re looking for less mainstream experience - this is it. 11 out of 10
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Nancy_z
Aug 9, 2025
Sailing in Maui - What a wonderful day sailing and snorkeling to Molokini reef. Great crew! Good food. Beautiful day! Definitely recommend smaller sailing vessel. More personal.
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Z4369iyjeffreyw
Aug 4, 2025
Fantastic snorkeling with great boat, food and crew - We just sailed on the Molokini morning tour today and had such a fantastic time. We’ve gone to Molokini several times and this was the best experience. Captain Brandon, and the crew (Mika & Jess) were all very friendly, helpful and encouraging. We had the most time we’ve ever had to snorkel in the crater, and the breakfast and lunch were both the best we’ve had in a snorkeling trip! Thanks so much for a great experience.
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Alandria
Jul 24, 2025
A highly recommended Molokini snorkel trip - This is not one of the cheap 2-hour snorkeling trips where they fill you up on cookies, chips, and Wonderbread. Between check-in and getting off the boat, it was a full 6-hour commitment on a well-equipped catamaran with fewer than 40 people on board. There were very few jokes or local stories from the crew because they were focused on working hard and their guests having a relaxing adventure. The food was plentiful and varied even for guests with allergies (we didn't make any special requests, but had no issues with being able to partake of both the breakfast and lunch options). I will recommend getting to Maalaea Harbor early just for parking, and then make sure you read ALL of the signs, and pay for at least 6 hours of parking (at review time it's very reasonable at $1/hr) for this trip. We, unfortunately, did not read the sign that said we were in a truck with a boat trailer only spot, and we did get towed. The most they are allowed to charge is $185. We did hear rumors of one of the tow companies charging double that amount and were anticipating an argument, but it was pretty easy to get an Uber and collect our rental. Just call the numbers on the parking sign to get the address for the tow company. Other than our little side quest, it was a beautiful day of boating and snorkeling. We even learned a new fact about the birds on Molokini - I won't spoil it by sharing here, though.
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Erin_w
Jun 18, 2025
Great excursion - Great experience. Boat was nice, captain and mates were awesome and super friendly. They served breakfast and lunch on board which were both good. Provided good snorkel gear. Would def use them again!
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Katie_e
Mar 24, 2025
Excellent Experience - Highly recommend! - Such a nice experience. I don't love touristy boat trips but this team really made the experience nice and treated us like adults. Even took us to an extra location that I'd never been to before which was amazing.
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Michael
Mar 22, 2025
Fantastic family fun - Friendly staff, great food, overall fantastic family fun. Would highly recomend it. We also saw lots of whales so it was so much fun.
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Victor_p
Aug 13, 2025
The crew was warm,... - The crew was warm, welcoming and created a fun vibe for the passengers. We were running late due to traffic and they waited an extra 15 minutes. Unfortunately we rushed onto the ship without paying for parking and our car was towed when we returned. We enjoyed the experience but ended up feeling a bitter picking up our car from the tow yard. Although it’s not the crews job, I think everyone should be given the QR code before entering the ship.
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Maxlancaster
Mar 16, 2025
Overall good experience despite a couple of hiccups - My wife and I had a good experience with this tour, despite a couple of hiccups. The good: - The boat is great, plenty of space to sit and/or lounge - Molokini is amazing and the snorkeling was excellent - Most* of the staff are exceedingly nice and helpful - Tons of whale sightings along the way to and from the crater (mid-March) The bad: - All communications that we received from Sail Maui via Tripadvisor indicated that the tour started at 7:30am. This includes the confirmation email which clearly listed 7:30am as the start time, and the subsequent waivers that we signed. So we showed up at 7:30am only to find out that they actually expect you to arrive 30-40minutes prior, and that 7:30am was actually the departure time. So after receiving a phone call from the boat staff telling us we were late and that the boat was departing, we had to sprint from our car to the boat to make it on time. We were greeted with "you're lucky we're running late" instead of "we're sorry that the listing on TripAdvisor isn't correct" which wasn't great - There was a moment where one of the staff members was pretty rude to us with a comment that she made about our sunscreen. What could have been a teaching moment about reef-safe sunscreen ended up being a low-light of our experience
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K1313gezachr
Sep 21, 2025
Awful experience - Do not book this excursion. If there are not enough filled spots for the trip (10 people or more) they cancel, but will not notify you until the day before at 5 pm, leaving you scrambling to find another tour last moment. They will not update you at all either. My partner and I were the only ones who had booked, and they failed to give any indication that they had not filled enough spots. They attempted to put us on a tour for another day, which only had 4 other people booked, but we found another tour instead with better communication.
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From $200
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).