The Hawaii Health Department reports an increase in snorkel related deaths from 16 in 2014 to 31 in 2018.

Snorkeling maui death. Saturday bystanders reported that a man had been pulled. Night Snorkeling tour Maui come swim with manta rays lobsters octopus and much more. A 63-year-old North Carolina man died today while snorkeling on Maui.

Despite being touted as a leisure activity snorkeling is the most common cause of injury-related death in the islands. At about 955 am. Prior to this December 2020 fatality officially the last death from a shark attack in Hawaii was in May 2019 on Maui.

The man was apparently swimming and snorkeling before falling unresponsive. Snorkeling is the leading cause of death for tourists in Hawaii. More on why its unofficial in a bit.

Nine people have drowned near Maui Hawaii since Jan. There are two main seasons in Hawaii. A man died while snorkeling in waters off Maui Saturday while visiting with his family from Benicia California.

Recent Death In Maui. Five of those nine men were snorkeling which is nearly one-third of the deaths authorities expect to encounter over a full year. His long-term girlfriend Heidi Williams told Northern California TV.

This is also the hurricane season but they are rare in the North Pacific. 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. In the last 10 years more than half of all visitors who drowned in the Aloha.