Molokini Crater
United States · Hawaii (Maui)A crescent-shaped volcanic crater, partly submerged, rising some 49 m above the water. It is what remains of one of the area's prehistoric volcanoes. Inside the sheltered bay there is a shallow, calm hard coral garden; outside, the back wall is a vertical drop dived as a drift.
Depth
10–50 m
Recommended level
Advanced Open Water
Average visibility
30 m
Water temperature
25 °C
Current
Strong
Access
Boat
Best time
All year round
Recommended certification
Advanced Open Water
Approx. price
150 USD / dive
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- Best time
- All year round
- Approx. price
- 150 USD / dive
The outer wall of the Molokini crater, exposed to the open ocean, with larger pelagic wildlife than the sheltered inside.
Protection status
Santuario marino y de aves del estado de Hawái
Did you know
El contraste dentro/fuera es tan marcado que funciona como dos sitios distintos: los snorkelistas se quedan en el interior y los buceadores experimentados van a la pared trasera. Conviene llegar temprano, porque a primera hora ya se llena de barcos.
Sources consulted: Scuba Diving Magazine; Bluewater Dive Travel; Go Hawaii; beunderwater.com
Location
See on the interactive map17 species documented in Molokini Crater
Least ConcernBallena jorobada
Megaptera novaeangliae
Foca monje de Hawái
Neomonachus schauinslandi
VulnerableManta de arrecife
Mobula alfredi
EndangeredTortuga verde
Chelonia mydas
Bonito listado
Katsuwonus pelamis
Calamar hawaiano de espadín
Euprymna scolopes
Cirujano amarillo
Zebrasoma flavescens
Coral negro de Hawái
Antipathes griggi
Delfín girador
Stenella longirostris
Delfín manchado
Stenella attenuata
Falsa orca
Pseudorca crassidens
Pez erizo
Diodon hystrix
Ecosystem
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