Baldwin Beach is a wonderful, long, wide, sandy beach park just outside of Paia. Fully equipped with lifeguards, bathrooms, showers, barbecues, picnic tables and a covered pavilion. During winter months, the main stretch of beach can have fairly large and regular shorebreak, so it becomes a popular destination for more experienced boogie-boarders (chiropractor’s tip: don’t try and cut your teeth …
Long, sandy sometimes crowded beach backed by ironwoods (read: shade) and full facilities. Next to Kapalua resort and the Ritz Carlton. This world-class beach is much less developed far less touristy than Ka’anapali Beach, however conditions can become dangerous during high surf with strong rip currents and powerful waves common. For experienced boogie boarders & surfers there is often good …
**ROUGH ARTICLE** Owner-supplied description and photos. Location: Private Homes, North Kihei, Kihei, South Maui, Maui, Hawaii, USA (2 blocks from the beach, 20 minutes to airport!) Accommodations: House, 2 Bedrooms + Attached Unit, 2 Baths (Sleeps 4-10) Swim in the calm turquoise water of Hawaii’s sunniest and most spectacular beaches. Enjoy morning and sunset strolls on the 5 mile white …
The draw for most visitors here is nudity. While public nudity is technically illegal in Hawaii, it has been generally accepted that this is a nude beach, and the law is not enforced here. There is also a drum-circle and fire dancing on Sunday afternoons into the evening. There is also decent boogie-boarding and surfing from this beach. Read the …
31. Learn to spearfish Like to fish? Like to hunt with a crossbow? How about snorkeling and free-diving? If you like all these things then you’ll think spearfishing is off the hook. (Sorry!) With spearfishing you have a spear gun similar to a crossbow for taking down your prey. It takes some getting used to, as the spear travels at …
Good swimming, boogie boarding and excellent snorkeling around the rocky outcrop to the south. Fronting the recently opened Andaz Wailea Hotel, the name means “sacred island” and is said to refer to a small rock islet that used to be just offshore. But don’t strain too hard looking for it – all that remains to be seen of Mokapu Island …
This is a go-to for snorkeling, possibly beginner surfing and boogie boarding – but be careful with the very shallow reef! Other uses are marginal and there are no facilities here. Beach is narrow and there is shade, but the shade comes from kiawe, so watch for thorns where you walk and sit! The reef comes right up to the …
Paia Bay is a favorite for bodyboarders and bodysurfers. The break is generally just a bit off shore and over head, so fins are a good idea. Definitely not a place to bodyboard unless you have experience as the waves can get large. There is another break for surfers further off shore. In the winter the surf here can get …
Good swimming, boogie boarding and excellent beginner to intermediate snorkeling around the rocky outcrop on the north end of the beach. Ulua Beach is more crowded that its neighbor to the north, Mokapu Beach – here you know you’re in the Wailea Resort. A very popular destination for scuba lessons. Like nearby Polo Beach, the name was changed when Wailea …
Wailea Beach is unquestionably a study in beach perfection, and if you don’t mind a resort vibe (and a crowd to go with it) this is a truly outstanding beach. The beach is wide, the sand perfect, and the ocean inviting. Views of Kaho’olawe, Molokini, Lana’i and the sights (and sounds) of whales are common in winter. When the ocean …
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