Beach Snorkel - Sea Turtle and Black Sand Lagoon
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Discover a world of marine science and one of the best snorkeling spots in the Hilo region at this family-friendly beach park.
The only black-sand beach in the Hilo region provides relaxed swimming, sheltered rock pools for beautiful snorkeling and excellent surfing.
Lava from Mauna Kea has formed a natural seawall at Richardson Ocean Park, making it a sheltered beach that is perfect snorkeling with giant sea turtles, monk seals and abundant sea life. Rock pools that fill at high tide make for shallow, detached swimming holes at low tide. Snorkel in the pools, without the stress of swell or currents.
Bottled water
Professionally Trained Snorkel Guide
Rental Gear
Snacks
Use of Snorkelling equipment
Gratuities
Pickup and Drop Off outside of our two designated locations
- ADULT: : 7 - 99
- All passenger shoe sizes MUST be provided at time of booking
- Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
- Face masks required for guides in public areas
- Gear/equipment sanitised between use
- Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
- Must be able to swim in the open ocean
- Social distancing enforced throughout experience
- Travelers should have a high level of physical fitness
- All passenger heights MUST be provided at time of booking
- All passenger weights MUST be provided at time of booking
- Face masks provided for travellers
- Face masks required for travellers in public areas
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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Beach snorkeling
S8158JImonicak, 04-02-2023
We were the only 2 booked for that day. Our guide Forest was great. My husband can't swim and is afraid of water. Forest made him feel comfortable and stayed by his side. We had a great time and really appreciated that they didn't cancel us. Mahalo.
See Morgan at Hilo Ocean Adventures!
Emily S, 24-01-2023
Today was an incredible experience! We went snorkeling with Morgan! He was an amazing guide and really was adaptable to the groups abilities. He took us to two amazing spots where we saw green sea turtles and many fish such as wrasse, angel fish, and many more interesting fish! It was a memorable experience. We also expressed to him that one of us was a birder and needed the Nene for a life bird experience! He helped us capture a memory by finding the Nene! What a wonderful knowledgeable experience we had on this little trip. Thank you Morgan for your hospitality!
Fun lightweight snorkel trip with dedicated guides
biflspud1, 03-01-2023
I took my family of 8 for an introductory snorkel while in Hilo, and it went very well. The tour has two stops via van, fairly close to the dive shop, and our hosts Morgan and Matt did a great job orienting us to what to see and do while snorkeling around both of them. While great to see a sea turtle, they weren't as much of a constant presence as the fish at the first location. The second location was a bit more difficult to get in, but well worth the trip and I would suggest wrapping up a little sooner at the "kiddie pool" sea turtle area and moving on to the lagoon sooner so that energy levels are higher for the choppier, but deeper waters.
Both guides were great and committed to sharing what they knew; Morgan made an excellent person to chat with about Hilo attractions and oriented us well to the the dive sites, whereas Matt gave off great dive master vibes and did his best to get us exploring deeper with the snorkel gear.
If you have little or no comfort with snorkeling or ocean swimming in particular, this is a great beginner's tour -- several in our group were completely new to this, and they were eased very nicely into the water. Even if you're competent in the water it made for a fun few hours, and was a good taste of what the dive shop can offer on later trips.
Both guides were great and committed to sharing what they knew; Morgan made an excellent person to chat with about Hilo attractions and oriented us well to the the dive sites, whereas Matt gave off great dive master vibes and did his best to get us exploring deeper with the snorkel gear.
If you have little or no comfort with snorkeling or ocean swimming in particular, this is a great beginner's tour -- several in our group were completely new to this, and they were eased very nicely into the water. Even if you're competent in the water it made for a fun few hours, and was a good taste of what the dive shop can offer on later trips.
Sea Turtles, coral reef and tide pools!
GwydionSF, 31-12-2022
Just got back to our hotel after doing this trip. Absolutely incredible! Lucky enough to sea turtles right away! Morgan was an incredible guide putting his marine studies knowledge to our benefit! Highly recommend.
Awesome!
denisehF107JM, 17-11-2022
Morgan was an excellent guide! He made a hard day for our family a day to remember! Highly recommend! Thank you Morgan for your kindness and expertise!
