This world-class aquarium in Maalaea, Maui has a walk-through tunnel, an interactive Whale Discovery Center, Turtle Lagoon and living reef exhibits.
A World-Class Aquarium in Maalaea. You can walk underwater and never get wet at the new Maui Ocean Center. The ultimate aquarium experience sits at Maalaea Harbor, overlooking the calving and breeding grounds of wintering humpback whales.
Through indoor and outdoor exhibits, plus 40 marine tanks, take a journey from the water’s surface to the depths below. Get face-to-fin with a dangerous tiger shark, deep ocean fish like the mahimahi and spotted eagle rays via a walk-through tunnel in a 2.5-million liter tank, Hawaii’s largest.
From the surface, exhibits include the surging wave tidal pool; Turtle Lagoon, where amphibians sun and swim in their own habitat; and the Tropical Reef’s “living rock” that harbors thriving sponges, anemones and mollusks.
Find plankton species and fast fish in the Deep Ocean building and the Whale Discovery Center has a life-size model of a humpback whale calf and interactive displays.
Each section reveals a fascinating story about Hawaii’s exceptional sea creatures, including their strange defense mechanisms, unusual mating habitats and ties to Hawaiian mythology.
Gently pet a sea star, slide your fingers along the smooth spines of the slate pencil sea urchin and let a sea pillow tickle your palm. A supervised, outdoor touch pool lets you get up close with sea creatures.
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