Snorkel gear costs $20 to rent. If you’re staying in Waikiki, you can book the Hanauma Bay State Park’s $25 snorkeling tour, which includes snorkel gear and a round-trip shuttle from Waikiki.

When Joel Simon was a kid, he and his brother began snorkeling around the pilings in murky Alamitos Bay near Long Beach, Calif. "It was one of the most intriguing places I'd ever been," he says ...

State officials are heralding a decision to close a popular snorkeling spot in Kailua-Kona on Hawaii island for three half-days as an effective way to protect spawning corals.

A team of six DAR professionals affixed 17-inch coral structures into place on the southern side of the bay. This is the spot where a large log fell onto the coral and damaged the colony in 2020.

Coral colonies grown at the state’s Coral Restoration Nursery have been planted at Hanauma Bay to repair coral that was damaged years before, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources said.

Few experiences compare to snorkeling through tranquil turquoise waters, gliding effortlessly among colorful fish, sea turtles and spectacular coral formations, or walking along a warm white sand ...