Turtle Town Maui

This is one of the best spots on Maui to see sea turtles. Just off Makena Beach off the southwest coast of Maui, this site offers a shallow dive perfect for beginners and also snorkelers. This is a turtle cleaning station so activity is high.

Critters at this site

This site is all about the turtles. Mostly green sea turtles, many who are resident turtles, but keep an eye open for hawksbill turtle sightings as well. Lots of Hawaiian reef fish too.

Based on open observations nearbywithin ~5 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae21 obs.

Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas11 obs.

Australian Blue Dragon

Pteraeolidia ianthina3 obs.

Thin-shelled Rock Crab

Grapsus tenuicrustatus2 obs.

Indo-Pacific Rock-boring Urchin

Echinometra mathaei2 obs.

Pacific White-spotted Sea Cucumber

Actinopyga varians2 obs.

Red Pencil Urchin

Heterocentrotus mamillatus1 obs.

Common Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Marginellidae1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Cuthona1 obs.

Slangestjerne

Ophiocoma1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Mauritia maculifera1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Coriophora granosa1 obs.

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Musling

Fragum mundum1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Carinapex minutissima1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Pyramidelloides gracilis1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Nanaphora triticea1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Cerithium boeticum1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Cribrarula gaskoini1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Hypselodoris violabranchia1 obs.

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Musling

Brachidontes crebristriatus1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Kermidaphnella pumila1 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Calcinus pictus1 obs.