A 65-year-old woman bitten to death by a shark while snorkeling off the Hawaiian island of Maui loved the ocean and went swimming every day her brother said on Thursday.

Snorkeling maui death. Unofficially it was possibly October 2019 on the Big Island. Snorkeling is the leading cause of death for tourists in Hawaii. A man died while snorkeling in waters off Maui Saturday while visiting with his family from Benicia California.

Despite being touted as a leisure activity snorkeling is the most common cause of injury-related death in the islands. This incident is terribly sad and the heart of every employee of The Snorkel Store and our community in Maui and on the mainland goes out to this mans family and friends. Night Snorkeling tour Maui come swim with manta rays lobsters octopus and much more.

The Hawaii Health Department reports an increase in snorkel related deaths from 16 in 2014 to 31 in 2018. According to its State Department of Health between 2007 and 2016 156 visitors. From 2010 to 2019 Maui County accounted for 27 percent 203 of the states fatal ocean drownings which is more than Hawaii Island 114 and Kauai 78 combined.

There are two main seasons in Hawaii. Nine people have drowned near Maui Hawaii since Jan. 14 Maui waters have seen nine snorkeling or scuba diving deaths including the recent drownings of a 52-year-old man from Saint Paul Minn.

The summer from May to October is the warmest driest and sunniest season with an average of 80F265C and maximum temperatures of 85F295C. A 63-year-old North Carolina man died today while snorkeling on Maui. From 2003 to 2012 state data shows 102 visitors drowned snorkeling compared to 13 residents.

Saturday bystanders reported that a man had been pulled. Prior to this December 2020 fatality officially the last death from a shark attack in Hawaii was in May 2019 on Maui. County of Maui Ocean Safeway personnel transported a lifeguard to the catamaran as the vessel routed to Honokahau Bay where Maui County Fire Department personnel and medics were waiting.