Of all of the boats that embark daily for the pristine snorkeling at Molokini Crater, the Calypso stands out as the best choice for this tour. With premium snorkeling equipment provided inclusive of ...

Maui Reef Adventures' 60-foot-long, custom-built Super Raft, which the company uses for Molokini snorkeling tours. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Maui Reef Adventures Just three miles off the south coast ...

It’s picture-perfect. But Hawaii's Molokini Crater may, in fact, be too perfect. When photographers and videographers choose places to shoot snorkeling videos and idyllic magazine spreads for travel ...

Reporting from KIHEI, Hawaii — “When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea,” Rainer Maria Rilke wrote. This is where the 19th century Austrian poet and I part ways. Not that I don’t ...

KIHEI — Cultural, environmental, managerial and financial concerns rose to the surface at a public meeting over state-proposed rule changes for the Molokini conservation district, a popular snorkeling ...

Hawaii’s eight main islands are surrounded by 410,000 acres of live coral reefs, sometimes called the rainforest of the sea, the Coral Reef Outreach Network says. Because of the area’s isolated ...

A research team last week began studying the ecosystem around Molokini — without the usual tour boats and crowds of snorkelers — to observe any changes. They already have noticed a few. The protected ...