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All Reviews for Ala Moana Beach Park in Oahu

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107 reviews

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

Great snorkeling fun!

Reviewed by: Family snorkelers

For most of our group this was their first time snorkeling. Ryan was so patient, helpful and supportive, and gave great instructions — we highly recommend snorkeling in the Magic Island Lagoon for first timers. And with Ryan’s excellent support, videos of our experience, and patience we all had an awesome time. Be sure to heed the 30 minutes early arrival as we had a difficult time finding them (no sign) but they were near life station 1G which should be communicated in advance. We still got started right on time so it all worked out.

  • Thx for a great snorkeling experience!

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2024/10/28
Activity Date: 2024/10/26

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

First Timers

Reviewed by: newbie

Big shout out to Scott and his team! We just took our first ever snorkel and my wife does not swim well and is afraid of the water. Scott is a very calm and encouraging person, my wife held on to the float and with the life vest had no worries about sinking. Sure the water was murky today, yet we saw fish, and held a starfish, a sea cucumber, and an urchin. Way cool!

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2024/09/27
Activity Date: 2024/09/25

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

A must do!

Reviewed by: THERESA

Excellent experience! Andrew was amazing! So much fun! He let us touch some
Marine life! So exciting! I would definitely recommend to family and friends! It was well organized and just amazing! Book the snorkeling early it's better! The location is perfect!

  • Saying hi! To all the future snorkelers...

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2024/09/12
Activity Date: 2024/09/07

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

Fun, great for beginners!

Reviewed by: AJ Travels

Cons: Location wasn’t too clear, better signage in the future would be great.

Buoyant donut was too small for the amount or people, so lots of bumping and kicking, including from the trainer. A bigger float donut would be perfect.

Water was murky, but not much can be done about that. Maybe a heads up from the diver if they have an indication of the water condition before hand would help.

Pros: Diver was great in making sure that we got to see a few fish. He also dove down to grab some of the water life and we got a chance to hold them in our hands.

We brought our own snorkel and mouth piece, and diver was very helpful in making sure it was secure to their masks.

Diver was very knowledgeable and got us checked out with our photos and videos in hand very quickly.

Definitely recommend this for super beginners!

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2024/08/08
Activity Date: 2024/08/05

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

Great activity

Reviewed by: Billmire

This activity was great for beginners. The instructor was amazing and made sure everyone had a good time.
The only drawback that day was water was very murky and made it difficult to see as many see fish and other sea creatures.
I would highly recommend this activity and instrutor.

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2024/08/05
Activity Date: 2024/08/03

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

Snorkeling

Reviewed by: Great experience

Great experience family 1st time snorkeling guide funny and made you feel comfortable in the water

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2024/07/06
Activity Date: 2024/07/04

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

Excellent tour

Reviewed by: Susan

Absolutely one of my favorite things that we did. Our guide Micky was friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. I would recommend this to anyone. We saw some cool sea life and had the opportunity to hold some sea creatures.

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2024/04/30
Activity Date: 2024/04/27

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

Great first time experience!

Reviewed by: Alexgreen

Had so much fun! Micky was amazing; gave clear instructions and made us feel comfortable and safe! Great knowledge as well. Super beginner friendly! All the gears fit great. Highly recommend :)

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Solo Travelers
Posted on: 2024/04/29
Activity Date: 2024/04/27

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

Snorkeling Experience

Reviewed by: Bec

We loved our snorkeling experience, our guides were always friendly and helpful. I had my two children with me with varying abilities and the guides were easily able to accommodate for them. We had a fantastic experience.

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2024/04/27
Activity Date: 2024/04/01

Waikiki Jet Snorkel Tour for Beginners with Sea Scooter & FREE Videos [Closed]

VERY COOL TOUR!!

Reviewed by: Luis

This was such an awesome tour! This was my first time visiting Hawaii and this tour made it so much more special and memorable! I got to see so much marine life. I got to see a lot of sea turtles, fish, starfish, sea urchins, and even a seal lion. Robert and Andrew are amazing tour guides. They're very helpful and knowledgeable. I will definitely do this tour again when I come back to visit. I highly recommend this tour! You won't be disappointed!
I do recomend you bring a snorkel mask that has a GoPro mount on it so you can have your own videos.

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Packages: Standard Package with Transportation from Hyatt Regency Waikiki
Attended as: Solo Travelers
Posted on: 2024/04/24
Activity Date: 2024/04/23

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

Guided snorkeling tour

Reviewed by: Max

We did snorkeling yesterday. Nick is very good. He is professional and very nice. The tour was exactly as prescribed. No boat ride required and it’s in lagoon which is perfect for my 9 year old son. He gets seasick easily. It’s perfect for beginners. I will definitely recommend.

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2024/04/13
Activity Date: 2024/04/11

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

Fantastic for beginners

Reviewed by: Rachel J

Really happy with the experience, my son and I loved it. He is a comfortable swimmer, while I just started learning a month ago. He felt comfortable enough to snorkel without holding onto the buoy used by our guide, while I did not yet. It was a perfect introduction to snorkeling in a safe environment.

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2024/04/11
Activity Date: 2024/04/09

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

Micky was great.

Reviewed by: Simon

We had a great time with Micky. My family and I enjoyed our first snorkeling experience in Hawaii.

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2024/04/02
Activity Date: 2024/03/31

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

This was an amazing day experience! It was my families first time and Faith made us feel comfortable and she was very professional. One of my sons can’t swim but he too was able to enjoy the experience.

Reviewed by: Rw

I would definitely do this again when visiting. Our instructor Faith was so sweet and professional.

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2024/03/20
Activity Date: 2024/03/18

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

Perfect for non swimmers and kids

Reviewed by: LG

My 12 year enjoyed a lot. I am a non swimmer but with Faith guide it was a very good experience.

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2024/02/28
Activity Date: 2024/02/26

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

Great time snorkelling in Honolulu.

Reviewed by: Barbara

I had a great time snorkelling in Honolulu.
I can't swim but thanks to Scott I managed to enjoy the experience.
The Magic Island Lagoon is a safe and beautiful place.
I really enjoyed the activity.

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Solo Travelers
Posted on: 2024/02/17
Activity Date: 2024/02/15

Waikiki Jet Snorkel Tour for Beginners with Sea Scooter & FREE Videos [Closed]

Rain in the morning but still so fun!

Reviewed by: Susan P.

The guides where fun and informative, as wll as very helpful getting me ready for the snorkle. I have snorkeled a lot but never with a jet before, that was so fun and fast. The fish were beautiful and the turtles seemed to have all the chill.

Super stoked to have booked this tour, Thank you guys!

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Packages: Standard Package with Transportation from Hyatt Regency Waikiki
Attended as: Solo Travelers
Posted on: 2024/02/16
Activity Date: 2024/02/14

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

Snorkelling Experience

Reviewed by: Angela

Snorkeling with Mickey was so much fun! It was good to see that he was enjoying it as much as we were, even though it’s something he’s done many times. He really knows how to make you feel at ease while in the water, even for first time or lesser experienced swimmers. The activity itself was very cool. We got to see some interesting animals at the ocean floor, such as sea cucumbers, sea urchins, and even some fish. I would definitely recommend to anyone who is thinking of signing up for it, and for such a reasonable price too. Surprisingly the photo’s actually turned out quite well too.

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2023/12/31
Activity Date: 2023/12/29

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

First time snorkeling

Reviewed by: Pearson fam

The basics were very helpful, however, the limitations with life vests and the lack of actual sea life made it a little less of a good experience. Overall it was received well by the family and was fun enough.

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2023/12/31
Activity Date: 2023/12/29

Waikiki Mermaid Photoshoot & Swim Tour at the Magic Island Lagoon

Incredibly Fun but not "Professional"

Reviewed by: Joy

Firstly, my stepmother, my sister, and I had SO MUCH FUN! We knew going into this that based on the price and other photos we saw of the tails that these would not come out looking like "realistic" mermaids.

They had a variety of stretchy fabric tails to choose from in various sizes and some to fit larger body types. You can tell the tails have been through the ringer a bit with stains and small tears but none of that showed in the pics.

Mickey was amazing! He was patient, funny, kind, and had many poses in mind. He used a gopro for all of the shots, taking mini videos for you to pull pictures from). The lagoon we shot at was a bit murky so couldn't really get that many underwater pictures.

We definitely got some good shots but I (a professional photographer including boudoir) had to give a lot of direction to him and to my family. I was also able to save/make a lot of the shots pretty due to photoshop. Otherwise there would have been lots of pics of us from overhead like my hair flip photos which should have been taken from much lower/straight on to get the full effect of the hair flip.

In no way was that Mickey's fault, though. I think the company mainly has men under their employment and mostly focuses on scuba diving so I can imagine none of the guys are vying to do the mermaid session and therefore make the youngest, newest employee do it. It's management/the owners that should consider having whoever does the mermaid experience have some photography training even if a cheap, online one. Mickey did AMAZING with the skillet he had and was an absolute pleasure to work with and be around.

At the end of the day, for the price, and the experience we'd definitely would recommend. Just know you're not walking away looking like a real mermaid with breathtaking photos. Lol.

  • What I was able to do with photoshop's AI and lightroom

  • The original

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Packages: Standard Package: Mermaid Photo Shoot & Snorkel Time
Attended as: Friends
Posted on: 2023/10/28
Activity Date: 2023/10/15

Waikiki Jet Snorkel Tour for Beginners with Sea Scooter & FREE Videos [Closed]

Best part of our trip

Reviewed by: Sas

Everything from pickup to drop off was spectacular! Cannot be more happy with the excursion! It was the last day of our trip and we are so happy we booked with them!

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Packages: Standard Package with Transportation from Hyatt Regency Waikiki
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2023/10/17
Activity Date: 2023/10/15

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

Fantastic for beginners or those not comfortable with open water!

Reviewed by: Katie

My cousin and I booked this snorkeling tour as it was her first time and she didn't feel comfortable being out in super deep in the water or in a very open area. The lagoon where this snorkel tour is hosted is great as it has rock barrier walls all around to protect it from large waves. Our tour guide, Micki was so knowledgeable and was able to tell us so much about the fish and coral that we could see. This is a great tour for beginners or families with younger children who want to try out snorkeling! Would highly recommend it!

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Friends
Posted on: 2023/09/21
Activity Date: 2023/09/16

Waikiki Jet Snorkel Tour for Beginners with Sea Scooter & FREE Videos [Closed]

10/10

Reviewed by: Brett

Excellent activity with attentive and professional staff

Highly recommended

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Packages: Standard Package with Transportation from Hyatt Regency Waikiki
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2023/08/22
Activity Date: 2023/08/20

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

Good for beginners

Reviewed by: Lorraine

MIckey did a great job of explaining and making sure that everyone felt safe and had a good time. I only wish we could have stayed out longer.

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2023/08/13
Activity Date: 2023/08/11

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

Excellent for beginners

Reviewed by: Jen

This is just what I needed. I'm not a great swimmer nor very confident in open water, and this was an excellent way to learn to snorkel. I HIGHLY recommend it! Our guide was Ashton. He was awesome! And the pictures were cool.

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2023/07/28
Activity Date: 2023/07/26

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

Wonderful experience!

Reviewed by: Daniela

It was a wonderful experience for beginners. Our instructor was patient and explained everything thoroughly. I liked that we snorkeled in a cove making the waters calm.

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2023/07/23
Activity Date: 2023/06/28

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

Snorkeling

Reviewed by: Mario

It was good well explained with saftey and what the plan was. The experience was o.k however there wasn't alot of sea life to see like turtles or alot of fish. The time wasn't as long as it is mentioned in the advertisement. It's great that they offer pics and vids I just wish there would of been more than just 6.

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2023/06/17
Activity Date: 2023/05/27

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

Great beginners experience

Reviewed by: Great accomodations

The team was super patient from the start. They gave us a check in call since we got a bit lost after parking. If you see lifeguard stand 1E, head left out towards the water, not down the beach. The instructor was really engaged and patient, tailoring the lesson to our comfort level.

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Friends
Posted on: 2023/05/10
Activity Date: 2023/05/08

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

Amazing experience

Reviewed by: Melissa G

Nick with snorkeling gave us easy simple lessons to feel comfortable in the water. showed us around. and took wonderful pics ! had an amazing experience!

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2023/04/21
Activity Date: 2023/04/14

Waikiki Guided Beach Snorkeling Tour for Beginners with FREE Photos & Videos

W snorkling

Reviewed by: Irvwop

I suck at swimming but our instructor Kyle made us feel safe and had me in good hands

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Packages: Guided Snorkel Tour at Magic Island Lagoon
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2023/01/20
Activity Date: 2023/01/18
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