World Oceans Day at Maui Ocean Center, June 8

Maui Ocean Center is hosting a Worlds Ocean Day event featuring live performances by Marty Dread and Nā Wai ʻEhā at the Aquarium on Saturday, June 8, 2019.

The World Oceans Day event will also feature a beach-to-reef cleanup, keiki activities and marine presentations.

World Oceans Day will kick off at the Keālia Coastal Boardwalk beach-to-reef cleanup with the Maui Ocean Center Marine Institute and Wahi Hawaiʻi from 8 to 10 a.m.

To participate in the beach cleanup, contact info@mocmarineinstitute.org for details and registration.

At the Aquarium, reggae artist Marty Dread will headline a series of live performances including the 2019 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award-winning Nā Wai ʻEhā, Maui Community Band, and hula.

Throughout the park, ocean-centric activities will be available for guests including exhibit and dive presentations, a Chef Diver and Sustainable Seafood presentation, Coral Explore Station and more.

For children, the Aquarium will host a Keiki Hour with Marty Dread, face painting, marine-themed story time and crafts activity, ʻukulele and hula lessons, and screenings of the popular TV series “The Octonauts” in the Makai Theater.

To celebrate marine conservation, the first 200 guests to enter the park with a reusable water bottle will receive a complimentary, reusable bamboo straw from Wahi Hawaiʻi and a free fountain drink.

Guests will also have the opportunity to engage with additional ocean-minded organizations present at the event including Wahi Hawaiʻi, MOCMI, Whale Trust, Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Indigo Wild Clothing, Hannah’s Plastic-Free Soaps and Sharktastics.

Visit mauioceancenter.com/world-oceans-day/ for the full event lineup and schedule.

Maui Ocean Center is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Marine exhibits will be on display for families at this year’s World Oceans Day at the Maui Ocean Center on June 8, 2019. PC: MOC.

The Maui Ocean Center Open Ocean Exhibit. PC: MOC.

On Worlds Ocean Day, the Maui Ocean Center will host a beach clean up at the Kealia Boardwalk from 8 to 10 a.m. June 8, 2019. PC: MOC.

Reggae artist Marty Dread will headline the live performances given at World Oceans Day at the Maui Ocean Center on June 8, 2019. PC: MOC.

2019 Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning Nā Wai ʻEhā will accompany Marty Dread for the day’s live performances. PC: WOC.

Bamboo Wahi Straws will be given to the first 200 guests that attend the Maui Ocean Center’s World Oceans Day with a reusable water bottle. PC: MOC.