Mana Kai Hotel

Mana Kai Hotel has a public access to some very fine diving. The snorkeling is good here, and diving is good in calmer seas. The rocks are sparsely covered with red pencil urchins, cauliflower coral and wana (black sea urchins). Sparsely scattered small reefs can be found in the sand flats from 4 yo 6 meters. The second set of reefs begins at 12 meter. The reefs here are in the shape of oblong mounds. The reefs are comprised entirely of hard corals, with finger corals, rice corals, and lobate corals dominating. Some smallish plate corals could be found at the base of the mounds. Directions: In Kihei, driving South on Highway 31, turn right at mile marker 9 onto Keonekai Road. At the T, turn left onto South Kihei Road. After .6 miles, turn right into the Mana Kai Hotel.