Kanahena Cove — Attraction in Hawaii

The Ahihi Cove is bordered in middle by the road, on the northern part by the high fence of a private propriety and on the southern part by high land. There is only a tiny portion on the left side of the cove where you can enter the water and eventually place 1-2 beach chairs. More than that, the only parking area is located 400 meters south of the cove on the lava field. The clarity of the water and the snorkel itself depends very much if there are waves or not. In the first part of August the water on the south-western beaches of Maui had the worst visibility conditions from the entire western coast. There were plenty of fish in the inner bay, but the visibility was not so good. Also the sheltered area is very limited. On my snorkeling marking scale in that afternoon the score for Ahihi Cove were 4 from a maximum of 5 point. In better snorkeling conditions I thing that the score...

Best place to see alot of fish and sometimes Turtles. Go when it is Sunny and you can see all the way down. Stay within the cove, Unless you want to dive down deeper, because the water is deeper hard to see when snorkeling. We have always go there when we visit Maui. Better now that they have a great parking location. Do not need to park along the narrow road. No beach...

Came here to snorkel. Park up the hill and walk to the snorkel entry way following road back down. Second new entry right off the parking lot but current is stronger and deeper if u enter there...but more fish. Waves can be strong. Watch for sharp rocks/corral/ sea urchins everywhere. Corral here is mostly gone. No turtles here when we went...tho they seemed to be almost...