Wailea Beach

Last updated 17. May, 2009 by Walker in Beaches, Beaches | South Maui, South Maui, South Maui Beaches

Wailea Beach

Wailea Beach

Rating: ★★★★½

In a nutshell: Consistently rated one of the world’s best beaches. An absolutely outstanding beach.
Minuses: Crowded with resort guests and their accouterments.
Sound-bite: “Hey, is that Paris Hilton?”

DETAILS:
If you don’t mind a resort vibe and a crowd to go with it, Wailea Beach is truly an outstanding beach. The sand is perfect, the water calm most days of the year, and the swimming is perfect. Snorkeling is also very good around the rocky points and outcrops defining either end of the beach. There are also bathrooms, showers and plenty of parking.


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Now, all that said, the Four Seasons and the Grand Wailea resorts sit like jewel-encrusted Maltese-Falcon bookends smack on either end of this beach. So, unless you show up at the crack of dawn, the beach is always packed, 365 days a year, with beach chairs and cabanas. While this beach is unquestionably a study in beach perfection, I don’t find myself there very frequently since just down the road there are beaches that are just as perfect, but far less crowded.

Key Info:
Mile Marker: #0.4 – Wailea Alanui Rd.
GPS Coordinates: 20.681288,-156.441944
Facilities: Showers, bathrooms. No lifeguards.
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