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We didn't have Molokini to ourselves, of course, but this small crescent shaped crater provides easily accessible snorkeling. I actually preferred viewing from higher up; I didn't run the risk of stepping on anything delicate with my big, clumsy, flippered feet.
We went the whole hog and used a wet suit top as well as luminous green 'noodle' floats (deceptively simple and easy to use).
Haleakalā or the East Maui Volcano, is a massive shield volcano that forms more than 75% of the Hawaiian Island of Maui. The western 25% of the island is formed by another volcano, Mauna Kahalawai, also referred to as the West Maui Mountains.
The tallest peak of Haleakalā ("house of the sun"), at 10,023 feet (3,055 m), is Puʻu ʻUlaʻula (Red Hill). From the summit one looks down into a massive depression some 11.25 km (7 mi) across, 3.2 km (2 mi) wide, and nearly 800 m (2,600 ft) deep. The surrounding walls are steep and the interior mostly barren-looking with a scattering of volcanic cones.
this is called a blow-hole
Maui’s Nakalele Blowhole offers dramatic views of surf spraying up through the shoreline lava tube. The blow holes activity varies with the tides. Blowholes are created when the pounding ocean undercuts a shoreline lava shelf. A hole in the lava shelf causes a geyser like effect. When the surf is just right, it forces water up through the hole as high as a hundred feet into the air
....I got drenched standing there.