Butterflyfish tropical ocean sea underwater 40. Pending conditions our master captains may choose varying destinations that will be safer and offer more optimum maui snorkeling trips. The total world shoreline extends for 356000 km 221000 mi and the continental shelves occupy a total area of 24286 million km 2 9 376 million sq mi. Molokini has beautiful coral reef and marine animals with over 200 species of fish many endemic to hawaii. Teleios complete osteon bone are by far the largest infraclass in the class actinopterygii the ray finned fishes and make up 96 of all extant species of fishteleosts are arranged into about 40 orders and 448 familiesover 26000 species have been described.
Coastal fish are found in the waters above the continental shelves that extend from the continental shorelines and around the coral reefs that surround volcanic islands. Find images of coral. While sites off the southern coastal town of la parguera are splendid the isles of desecheo and elusive mona to the west and culebra and vieques to the east feature a constellation. While not the warmest water of the year.
Make the trek about 235 miles where youll reach punta cahuita one of the best snorkeling spots in the parkit can be rainy on this side of the country. The teleosts or teleostei greek. Wanna know where to snorkel each day. Get the maui snorkel report in your emails inbox each morning by signing up here.
We find that mother nature can be fickle but she cooperates with us about 90 of the year. Free for commercial use no attribution required high quality images. Swimming with schools of beautiful colorful tropical fish and green sea turtles is the top goal of any maui snorkeling adventure. Due to the fact that we live in a tropical environment visits to our snorkeling destinations are weather dependent.
The average sea temperature in rarotonga is 26c 79f in november. Snorkeling at molokini is unlike any other maui snorkeling experience because of its unique dynamics and underwater majesty. Siesta keys point of rocks is a remarkable location that features natural limestone rock formations otherwise known as beach rock. Cahuita national park on the southern caribbean coast has one of the largest living coral reefs with over 35 species of coral off the coast of costa rica.
On the shoulder of rarotongas span of warmer months november has mid range temperatures. Daily overall averages are 25c 75f with a high of 27c 81f and a low of 22c 72f. This is about 48 of the worlds total area of 510072 million km 2. Teleosts range from giant oarfish measuring 76 m 25 ft or more and ocean sunfish.