Ocean Camps

Offered weekly May 29 - August 4
July 24 - 28

UPCOMING SESSION: SUMMER BREAK

REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

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OCEAN CAMP (GRADES 2-5)

Ocean Camp offers fun, adventure and learning for children entering or currently enrolled in grades 2-5. Campers learn about the ocean and Maui’s natural environment while developing new skills and making new friends. Each session centers around a unique ocean-related theme, and includes hands-on science lessons, team-building games, expressive crafts and daily field trips with local partners including two weekly 3-hour private snorkel trips on PacWhale Eco-Adventures vessels.

Each weekly session accommodates a maximum of 18 participants.

SCHEDULE

Monday – Friday: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

  • Drop-off and pick-up will take place outside of our Discovery Center Classrooms in Ma’alaea.

PRICING

$400/week

  • Price includes daily nature-based field trips (Daily field trips are subject to change) with local partners including two weekly 3-hour private snorkel trips on PacWhale Eco-Adventures vessels
  • Scholarship assistance is available. For scholarship information, please contact [email protected]

A special thank you to our donors for valuing environmental education and generously donating funds that allow us to keep this program accessible and affordable

OCEAN CAMP: A Deeper Dive (GRADES 6-8)

Ocean Camp: A Deeper Dive offers an advanced look at the ocean ecosystem for students entering grades 6-8.  The program provides a dynamic learning experience that encourages participants’ growth as environmental stewards by building connections amongst each other, our community, and our shared planet.  The learning and fun will extend beyond the classroom through daily nature-based field trips including three 3-hour private snorkel trips on PacWhale Eco-Adventures vessels.

Each weekly session accommodates a maximum of 20 participants.

SCHEDULE

July 24-28, 2023: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

  • Drop-off and pick-up will take place outside of our Discovery Center Classrooms in Ma’alaea.

PRICING

$475/week

  • Price includes daily nature-based field trips (Daily field trips are subject to change) including three 3-hour private snorkel trips on PacWhale Eco-Adventures vessels

SESSION INFORMATION

OCEAN CAMP STAFF

Ocean Camp is led by our experienced and enthusiastic marine education staff, all of whom are college graduates, over 21 years of age, and First Aid/CPR certified.  All water activities are supervised by lifeguard certified staff.  Additional adult volunteers provide support for off-site field trips, maintaining an adult to camper ratio of 1:8 or better.  All staff and volunteers must be cleared by background checks.  Camp staff always have parent contact information, first aid supplies, and a dedicated Ocean Camp cell phone with them.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Need-based financial assistance for Ocean Camp programs may be available for individual campers through our Scholarships for Keiki Programs.  For scholarship information, please contact [email protected]

To support our Keiki Programs including Ocean Camp scholarships, please click here.

Hawaii Visitor Update

Aloha, We Are Open!  Our PacWhale Eco-Adventures are open for booking as we welcome visitors back to Maui.  Quarantine restrictions were lifted on Oct. 15th for those following the state’s pre-arrival COVID-19 testing requirements.

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