Speaking to BBC News, one local said: "The same waters that our people just died in three days ago are the same waters the very next day these visitors – tourists – were swimming in."
Local officials have requested people on non-essential trips to the island to leave, and asked others to cancel their plans to travel to Maui.
Native Hawaiian and actor Jason Momoa also warned tourists not to travel to the island as it struggles to recover from the devastation.
"Maui is not the place to have your vacation right now," he wrote on Instagram. "Do not travel. Do not convince yourself that your presence is needed on an island that is suffering this deeply."
