Maui Ocean Center

This innovative aquarium, the largest in the state, provides visitors a glimpse of ocean life through a series of indoor and outdoor exhibits. Focusing on marine creatures indigenous to the islands, the facility offers displays on tide pools, reefs, turtles, sting rays, and whales. There's also a fantastic exhibit about the open ocean where visitors move through a huge tank via an acrylic tunnel, observing marine life as it swims around and above them. A gift shop and restaurant are also on the premises. This great attraction also helps children develop an abiding appreciation and respect for the ocean.