Maui Ocean Center, Hawaii - Maui Ocean Center- Collection of Hawaiian Fishes

Scenic, Fishing, Beaches, Art Gallery

This Maui Ocean Center houses a collection of Hawaiian reef fish, corals, green turtles, sting rays in a string of well-designed aquariums. One emphasize is a glass tunnel through a shark and ray tank, allowing visitors to sit and reflecton the mottled life around them.Other displays explicate the life cycles of the humpback whales which travel to Hawaii each December to March and how the Polynesians who settled Hawaii utilized the sea.Signage and educational materials are well done and experts are voluntarily available to answer questions.The Centreshowcases many pieces of original art. The shop on the grounds sells a range of gifts up to original works of art of outstanding quality for the serious collector.