it was amazing! The turtles were also a dream. The reefs are huge and there are so many different kinds of fish. We had a choppy water day and the clarity was still incredible, so I wouldn’t let that discourage you. Snorkeling the Molokini is a MUST while in Maui. We also got lucky and saw a few sets of whales and dolphins on our way to the different snorkeling sites. Other reviews mentioned that because we leave so early, there are no other boats at the sites we visited and that was absolutely true! Definitely avoided the crowds that way. They serve a light breakfast with a cinnamon roll and a deli meat lunch and beverages. I chose them because of the other reviews on trip advisor. I picked redline for a snorkeling tour of Maui on my anniversary trip with my husband. We will be doing it again next time we are back in Maui. Highly recommend RedLine for an AM morning trip to Molokini. The ride was great and always felt safe - it is great to be on a small boat - close to the water and marine wildlife sightings and doesn't feel crowded in the water because we were at spots alone or ahead of other bigger boats - we had only 16 or so in our boat. Cannot say enough good things about Tim and Kelly - great job informing us about the locations, history, science throughout the trip. The spot was close to shore and had coral and fish with nice, but the turtles were the draw. We saw 2 different turtle right off and I believe 1 or 2 others a bit later. This was one of my daughter's #1 goal for the Maui trip - swim with turtles - check that off. ![]() Fourth and final stop was a turtle local off of Makena Landing. It evoked a feeling of diving on a wreck - at least what i think it might feel like. The reef structure varied in depth from the shallow peak to deeper areas - all with really nice water clarity - I could have spend an hour there tracing out the reef shape where it ended into deeper and/or sandy bottoms. It had great structure with edges that dropped off as walls and was full of crevice and cracks - really great looking coral and fish populations. The 3rd stop was excellent - I might say it was as interesting or even better than Molokini - La Perouse bay had the most interesting large reef rising out of deeper waters peaking to just 5 feet or so from the surface. We later saw a large sea turtle swimming on the surface. It moved off and at about 100-120 feet revealed its fluke(tail) as it slowly headed into a dive. Slowing/stopping the boat we are treated to the Humpback traveling towards us and surfaced to blow probably no further than 40 feet off (one boat length) away. Continuing on in-route Kelly spotted a submerged humpback - our paths essentially crossed. We left Molokini and Tim shared information with other friendly boat operators allowing us to locate some Bottle-nosed dolphins en route to our 3rd stop. ![]() Before getting to Molokini we slowed/stopped to watch a nearby Humpback whale that was slowing cruising along the surface. We spent about 30 minutes at each stop I would estimate - I could have spent twice that given the nice conditions. Both stops had us as one of only a few boats in the area - there were divers when we first arrived at Molokini. The 2nd stop was on the backside of Molokini (out of the shadows) and was different experience as the wall drops off to the dark depths quickly - again a nice variety of fish to see. Even so it was a very interesting assortment of fish and coral. I mention that because the clarity of water was very good, but I imagine direct sunlight enhances the overall fish and coral color. Being mid December we arrived at Molokini with the sun low enough for the waters to be in the shadows for the inside Molokini stop. We took less-drowsy dramamine as precaution, but probably didn't need it. That made the ride in the smaller of the two RedLine boats (35ft I think) very comfortable. We had mostly overcast to partly cloudy skies but very smooth glass like ocean conditions. Tim and Kelly of Redline were excellent crew. ![]() ![]() My wife and two daughters (14,16) had great time - co-highlight of trip (tied with surfing lesson by Maui Surfer Girls).
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