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Makena Landing
★★★★☆
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Makena Landing offers divers access to one of the best and most unique dive sites on the island of Maui. This area is home to numerous ledges and grottos, and actually encompasses a few different individual dive sites known as 5 caves/5 graves, turtle town, and turtle arch.
Wildlife encounters here are spectacular and include the smallest of creatures like nudibranchs and crabs to large manta rays, eagle rays, white tip reef sharks, and turtles.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
229 Sightings
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9
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20
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18
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13
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16
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15
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16
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16
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27
O
35
N
27
D
17
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
116 Sightings
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1
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14
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5
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11
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12
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11
J
4
A
5
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12
O
18
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14
D
9
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
49 Sightings
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0
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10
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4
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6
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0
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2
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5
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0
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6
O
7
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6
D
3
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 600
iStock/ultramarinfoto
Wrasse
34 Sightings
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0
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4
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5
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2
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5
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0
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5
A
5
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2
O
3
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3
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
Eagle Ray
15 Sightings
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0
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3
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0
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0
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0
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1
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4
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2
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3
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2
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0
Shutterstock-Ed Jenkins
Hawksbill Turtle
12 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
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2
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0
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0
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7
O
3
N
0
D
0
iStock-June Jacobsen
Whitetip Reef Shark
91 Sightings
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5
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17
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4
A
5
M
7
J
4
J
3
A
3
S
12
O
11
N
20
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 40
iStock-wrangel
Triggerfish
87 Sightings
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4
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12
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9
A
4
M
12
J
7
J
9
A
5
S
6
O
5
N
10
D
4
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 90
Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
73 Sightings
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1
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13
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8
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2
M
10
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3
J
7
A
5
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11
O
4
N
5
D
4
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 130
Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek
Butterfly Fish
73 Sightings
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3
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12
M
7
A
3
M
5
J
4
J
5
A
3
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14
O
6
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7
D
4
