Best Thailand Beaches: Maui's Best Beaches

Taking it slow on Ka'anapoli Beach

This page is pretty lengthy - for people seeking information on a item beach together with non wanting to wade thru a bunch of others, the next alphabetical listing may live helpful:
BABY BEACH (the PAI'A one) - 55% downwards page
BALDWIN BCH - 57%
BIG BCH - 8%
BLACK ROCK - 25% AND 50%
BLACK SAND BCH (HANA area) - 60%
CEMETERY BCH (PAI'A) -42%
HAMEO - 90
HONOLUA BAY - 65% together with 80%
HO'OKIPA BCH - 40% together with 47%
KAHELEKILI - 22%
JAWS - 62%
KA'ANAPOLI BCH - 15%
KANAHA (AIRPORT) BCH - 49% together with 66%
KOKI BCH - 91%
LAHAINA BREAKWALL - 55%
LITTLE BCH - 52%
MAYS - 23%
PAPALAUA BCH - 62% together with 70%
RED SAND BCH (HANA) - 75%
THE COVE - 60%
WAILEA BCH - 25%

Hope those percentages are nigh the same on your device.
If the beach y'all are seeking isn't listed it only didn't brand my tabular array of MAUI'S BEST BEACHES. Many fine beaches didn't. Many pathetic ones naturally missed although the ii most disappointing are there.

BEST BEACHES?
As I've pointed out before, at that topographic point is rarely 1 BEST BEACH for all people - it depends on the wants of the user. H5N1 nature lover volition receive got dissimilar wants to a surfer, naturist, snorkeler, parents of modest kids, or social butterfly.

But again, some of y'all may live looking for a SPECIFIC best beach together with non prepared to become thru a bunch of other types. For you:
BEST PERSONAL BCH (TEZZA'S) - 8%
BEST HOTEL BCH - 15%
BEST BCH WALKWAY - 25%
BEST TURTLE SPOTTING BCH - 40%
BEST WINDSURFING BCH - 47%
BEST KITE-SURFING BCH - 49%
BEST SNORKELING BCH - 50%
BEST NUDIST BCH AND SPECIAL SCENE - 52%
BEST KIDS' BCH - 55%
BEST SURFING BCH - 60%
BEST CAMPING BCH - 65%
BEST SETTING - 75%
BEST HINTERLAND - 80%
MOST DISAPPOINTING - 90%

BUT FIRST.....
....I recollect it may assist your orientation if I outline the location of MAUI'S BEACH AREAS.

MAUI BEACH AREAS

1 together with 2 - the pale bluish strips of coastline announce the ii original tourist accommodation beach strips.
1 - THE NORTHERN WEST COAST - if I was a tourist seeking an expanse containing lots of accommodation together with some real overnice beaches, this is the expanse I'd select. Its original payoff over ZONE 2 is that the prevailing N eastward merchandise winds tend to blow offshore most of the time, leading to pretty calm weather condition on the sand. It is also a DRIER although ZONE 2 is non an excessively moisture one. It contains 1 of my BEST BEACHES - the BEST HOTEL BEACH but most of the others are pretty sweet.
2 - THE CENTRAL-SOUTH COAST - this is a pretty overnice expanse also amongst a whole serial of mainly modest beaches backed past times accommodation. My original reservation it that the local topography causes the nor-easters to veer onshore at times , making for blustery conditions. This zone has none of my BEST BEACHES although the average beach along hither is very, real nice, but it does comprise my BEST BEACH WALKWAY.

3 - THE SOUTHERN CENTRAL-SOUTH COAST (yellow) - the hotels, resorts together with condos halt N of this zone, replaced past times BEACH PARKS on the sea side of the route together with GOLF COURSES + scrub on the inland. There are some overnice beaches inward this expanse including my PERSONAL BEAST BEACH together with THE BEST NUDIST BEACH together with "SCENE". So fifty-fifty though these beaches don't receive got tourist accommodation, they attract to a greater extent than than a few tourist (and locals).

4 - THE CENTRAL NORTH COAST (white) - the brisk onshore nor-easters discourage tourist numbers together with resort development. This is the beach expanse for locals. Nevertheless it contains some of my selections: BEST KITE-SURFING BEACH, BEST WIND-SURFING BEACH, BEST TURTLE WATCHING BEACH together with BEST KIDS' BEACH.

5 - HANA AREA BEACHES - most of this department of coast consists of rocky cliffs together with headlands. However at that topographic point are some beach areas including ii standouts: my BEST CAMPING BEACH together with BEACH WITH MOST SPECTACULAR SETTING. However a few others didn't fit the guide-book/online hype together with turned out the MOST DISAPPOINTING BEACHES.

6- THE SOUTHERN WEST COAST - this zone has some overnice strips of sand but drier weather condition together with mayhap lack of a broad coastal land has express development. So if y'all are looking for a quieter beach commons to drive to this could live the area.

7 - MAALEA BEACH (red) - this long 5km/3mi long strip of sand is mainly backed past times a nature reserve together with is some other expanse seekers of solitude may like. The nor-easters tin howl downwards the primal dissever betwixt MAUI'S 2 volcanoes together with create goodness wind/kite surfing weather condition too.

Astute readers may notice at that topographic point is no cite of a BEST SNORKELING BEACH or BEST SURFING BEACH above. These acquire a cite below - depository financial establishment check them out.

MY PERSONAL #1 - BIG BEACH

I persuasion this long (1km/1100yards) together with broad beach book-ended past times headlands together with backed past times the bush of MAKENA STATE PARK was a existent standout. So exercise many visitors together with locals - at that topographic point are three automobile parks which tend to acquire pretty total on weekends. Sand together with H2O were build clean - surf varies but was benign on my three visits, which y'all tin facial expression for a lot of summer. But bigger surf is fairly mutual - beach known for tricky shore-break: lotsa injuries.You tin facial expression rip currents inward anything to a greater extent than than the modest weather condition above. TAKE CARE - KEEP AN CLOSE EYE ON YOUR KIDS Note the yellowish life-guard tower inward motion-picture demonstrate - 2 others along beach.

The northern automobile commons got fairly packed on a overnice Sunday. There are nutrient trucks parked just out of frame to the correct together with porta potties behind camera.

A three infinitesimal walk gets y'all out to the southern halt of BIG BEACH. Keep going straight ahead some other five mins to climb over the depression headland to infamous LITTLE BEACH (see downwards page).

The exclusively problem amongst BIG BEACH for dudes similar me without a automobile is that the nearest omnibus halt is 5miles/8km away. I walked each agency a few times together with and then got the vivid persuasion of hiring my NORTH SHORE HOSTEL'S rent a wreck pushie. Enthusiastically I rode the total 22miles/36km from the hostel inward WAILUKU to the beach, but realising I would live pushing into a rather horrendous afternoon caput air current on return, rode dorsum to the omnibus halt together with and then loaded the bicycle onto the complimentary bicycle rack for nigh 20km of the supply trip. Cost me a whole $2.
Hey, together with y'all would live amazed how much beer tin live carried from the nearest liquor store dorsum to the hostel.

I forgot to add together a linear scale - its 500m betwixt the ii beaches' identify markers - mightiness live to a greater extent than clear if y'all click-expand image.

BIG BEACH is correct at the bottom of MAUI'S southern beaches strip which starts at the bluish identify marking - NORTH KIHEI. It's 14lkm/9miles betwixt the ii identify marker. The fabulous WAILEA BEACHES HOTEL STRIP takes upward the middle one-half of this 14km

BEST HOTEL BEACH - KA'ANAPOLI

Most Maui's visitors remain inward gorgeous beach hotels (did y'all know Maui is the honeymoon majuscule of the world? Not to cite immensely pop amongst other travelers inward the summertime holidays). Naturally they desire to locate on a prime number department of beach - something the isle is non brusk of. The hotel beach location which most appealed to me is the business office of KA'ANAPOLI BEACH southward of BLACK ROCK (the stone is just behind the camera) - reasons: the summertime prevailing air current is to a greater extent than offshore hither (ie offering sheltered conditions) than most Maui locations; overnice wide, build clean sand - a goodness long beach stretching 1100m southward to the far corner together with and then a farther 1000m to the southward eastward ......

.....plenty distance plenty for over a dozen high-end beachfront hotels, none of which are shabby: endeavor getting a room for nether $300 inward July/August. $450 is to a greater extent than the average. Makes my $45 hostel bed seem a goodness deal.
Swim thru 1 of those waterfalls inward the higher upward motion-picture demonstrate (may live clearer if y'all click-expand image)....

....and y'all go into this cool cave pool. Mid-left is business office of a swim upward bar. Mmmm....my hostel dorsum inward WAILUKLU hasn't 1 of these. Must approach management.

Running along the dorsum of the beach is theKA'ANAPOLI BEACH WALK. This goes the total length of the beach to BLACK ROCK, heads inland to exceed the rock, together with and then dorsum to the beach for mayhap some other km or so. Altogether y'all are talking a 3km+ beach walk.
And here's the thing: there's no shortage of BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE (aka POSEURS) strutting their materials along here.

All along this strip are sea activities. These dudes/dudettes are doing the JET SKI thing summation the old PARASAIL wing by. H5N1 reef runs along the approx vicinity of the habitation base of operations higher upward - inward other areas are surfing classes together with snorkelers itching to go out there. Commercial TRIP YACHTS pick upward people direct from the beach.
In summertime y'all tin commonly facial expression pretty benign surf weather condition similar this. In wintertime the occasional large tempest swell from the northern Pacific mightiness sneak thru.
Note the corner of offshore isle LANAI correct of paradigm - a fast ferry from LAHAINA mayhap 10km southward of hither volition acquire y'all at that topographic point - worth the visit.

Swing the photographic television receiver camera 180 degrees from the seat of five pix higher upward together with y'all acquire the northern halt of this beach strip at the BLACK ROCK. Some goodness (for Hawaii) snorkeling here, especially some the corner where turtles were seen past times my hostel friends. But the highlight of BLACK ROCK is.....

....the cliff jump. Lotsa immature dudes/dudettes doing this - at nowadays I'm 72 but a goodness sixty fewer inward emotional maturity, so I had to give it a go. Several times. No large bargain at exclusively 6-7 meters: I constitute the hardest business office was the climb upward over the precipitous rocks.

On the other side of BLACK ROCK the beach continues some other 1300 meters to that seaside block far halt where tempest erosion seems to receive got cutting all the sand away. The department of beach higher upward is narrower inward most spots together with agency quieter than southward of BLACK ROCK. I'm non sure what it's called - some resorts purpose KA'ANAPOLI but I receive got also seen MAY'S BEACH together with KAHEKILI BEACH

KA'ANAPOLI BEACH is on MAUI'S W coast.

The best department is southward of BLACK ROCK. To gauge linear distance: it is 2200m (1.4miles) from BLACK ROCK to the southern dark identify marker. The BEACH PATH runs from southward of the latter to the northern most identify marking on this image.

NA'AOPOLI/BLACK ROCK is business office of MAUI'S western beach zone which stretches from LAHAINA TOWN to aroundDT FLEMMING BEACH - although LAHAINA'S beaches are pretty ordinary the goodness beaches are constitute from the dark marking through to DT FLEMMING'S vicinity. Note that N of NORTH NA'APOLI/MAYS/KAHEKILI at that topographic point are several kms of coast inward the HONOKOWAI expanse where beach erosion has left exclusively modest patches of sand mainly at beach parks. Further north, the top quarter of this strip features some real overnice beaches inward small/medium bays such equally NAPILI BEACH, KAPALUA together with ONELOA. This whole zone is backed past times vacation accommodation (not to cite some real snazzy golf game courses) together with progressively has a bigger part of condos v resorts equally y'all displace north.
The linear distance betwixt top together with bottom identify markers is 14km/8.7miles.

BEST BEACH WALKWAY
The KA'ANAPOLI BEACH WALK 8 images higher upward is pretty sweetness but I did a meliorate 1 -

The WAILEA BEACH WALK

This sweetness path runs for several km along the WAILEA hotel zone coastal strip inward the islands south-central beach strip. For people seeking an first-class HOTEL BEACH LOCATION this expanse is almost equally goodness equally the KA'ANAPOLI BEACH zone upward page. Maybe meliorate if y'all are looking for smaller private beaches backed past times 1 or ii high halt hotels.
The argue I receive got pose this zone into 2nd identify inward the HOTEL BEACH STAKES upward page is that the air current along hither is to a greater extent than onshore (although if y'all hunker downwards close the northern headlands of each beach, air current volition live no problem). Of course of teaching some people volition prefer a flake of air current to counteract the tropical heat.
but I charge per unit of measurement it #1 inward the BEACH PATH STAKES because it's less featureless than KA'ANAPOLI - the path winds, climbs (not steeply) together with drops more.And the one-half dozen or so smaller beaches y'all exceed give to a greater extent than multifariousness than KA'ANAPOLI'S continuous strip.

If y'all come upward past times automobile at that topographic point is okay complimentary parking at the N halt - laid yer navigation devices for ULUA BEACH PARK**. The southward halt at POLO BEACH also has complimentary parking but it is to a greater extent than complicated. There is also beach access together with complimentary parking just southward of the GRAND WAILEA RESORT nigh 70% along, but this 1 is a flake difficult to spot from the original road.
I did 2 passes - get-go I hopped off the omnibus at KILOHANA DRIVE together with walked southward a one-half mile/slightly less than a km/14minutes to ULUA BEACH ROAD. On conclusion. to detect a omnibus going dorsum N I had to caput N from the halt of the walk at POLO BEACH to the concluding halt on bus#10s schedule, WAILEA-IKI DRIVE -0.4 miles/0.7km/12 mintes.
2nd exceed I rode my rent a wreck bicycle the 20 miles/33km from WAIHUKU and walked the path (ok I cheated - despite the "NO BICYCLE RIDING" signs I cruised the downhill sections when at that topographic point were no other path users).

** native Hawaiians receive got a lot of political force together with receive got ever insisted on complimentary access to the shoreline - so at that topographic point is a bunch of BEACH PARKS which give this: summation showers, residue rooms, a complimentary parking zone. And most hotels don't complain if y'all cutting thru their belongings to the beach - inward fact many welcome outsiders to purpose bars together with eats facilities (hanging past times the multi-level rim pools may live stretching the friendship).
When I recollect nigh it I figure the beingness of these BEACH PATHS inward dissimilar parts of the islands is downwards to the locals' insistence they receive got coastal access. You surely don't acquire this inward California where vast amounts of sea shore are barred populace access.

No shortage of overnice footling beaches along hither - this is WAILEA BEACH itself but at that topographic point are similar beaches along this strip. If y'all fancy smaller beaches exterior yer high halt hotel rather than KA'ANAPOLI'S large long beach, 1 of these could live just the identify for you.

White describe shows route of WAILEA COAST BEACH WALK which is a footling nether 3km inward length. The ruddy linear scale describe abt 24% upward paradigm is precisely 1000m long.

BEST BEACH FOR TURTLE SPOTTING

Many commercial outfits offering turtle spotting boat tours frequently called trips to TURTLE TOWN (which tends to live a dissimilar location for each company) but y'all tin salve a packet past times visiting a beach where the turtles are sunning. Which beach? Well y'all tin spot Green together with Hawksbill turtles sunning themselves mid/late afternoon on beaches all some the isle (and if snorkeling, follow them inward the H2O off these places) but 1 of the to a greater extent than frequently than non agreed top spots is the famous HO'OKIPA beach on the N shore a few km eastward of the corking footling town of PAI'A.

HO'OKIPA TURTLE ZONE

A Hawksbill hauls itself out of the H2O at the far eastern halt of HO'OKIPA. Prior to this it had an enthusiastic next of snorkelers inward the water. This is the common scene each afternoon - to separate onlookers a barrier is situated nigh photographic television receiver camera distance making the concluding 15-20m of beach an exclusive turtle sunning zone. I also visited 1 morn (HO'OKIPA is also HAWAII'S prime number air current surfing venue - meet downwards page) together with at that topographic point were no turtles or barriers.

TEZZA'S SECRET TURTLE SPOT - PAI'A CEMETERY BEACH

Barely 100m past times the eastern halt of PAI'A TOWN'S funky original street is a modest cemetery. On the seaward side is the higher upward modest beach which is the to the lowest degree attractive inward the expanse together with so rarely used past times beach goers. Well human beach goers - the turtles appreciate the seclusion: 1 afternoon hither I counted three on the beach:never saw to a greater extent than than 1 at whatever fourth dimension at HO'OKIPA

A Cemetery Beach turtlee

HOOKIPA together with PAI'A CEMETERY beaches - straight describe distance betwixt PAI'A together with HB identify markers is 3km.

PAI'A CEMETERY together with HOOKIPA beaches are business office of MAUI'S N coast beach zone which stretches from KANAHA BCH PARK which is straight southward of the Y inward CEMETERY to awesome large moving ridge (in winter) spot JAWS nether the 2nd O inward HOOKIPA. Some real overnice beaches along hither but because they tend to endure brisk onshore trade-winds exercise non attract a lot of vacation resorts. This is to a greater extent than a locals' beach zone amongst basis grade surfing, kite-surfing together with windsurfing venues - non to cite some real overnice beach parks which are a mecca for native Hawaiian picnickers.

But here's the thing - y'all tin come upward across these critters on whatever beach some the island. For example BALDWIN BEACH just W of PAI'A is a lovely long beach together with although pop amongst beach goers has plenty length to receive got virtually deserted sections fifty-fifty on busy weekends. Chances of spotting a sunning turtle are pretty goodness inward places similar this.
And I already mentioned upward page that people from my hostel saw turtles when snorkeling off the W coast's first-class BLACK ROCK.

BEST WIND-SURFING BEACH - HOOKIPA
Not exclusively is HOOKIPA a top identify to spot turtles equally mentioned straightaway above, it is also 1 of the WORLD'S best wind-surfing beaches. Look for these dudes at the WESTERN END, the reverse of the turtles.

Want to sentry the world's best windsurfers? They flock to MAUI'S N coast on describe of piece of job organisation human relationship of the brisk prevailing merchandise winds - several nearby beaches tend to depict windsurfers but HOKIPA higher upward is the pick. These dudes receive got a pretty goodness no-collision circuit going.
The expanse isn't just for experts - neophytes tin accommodate lessons off several operators.

BEST KITE-SURFING BEACH - KANAHA (AIRPORT) BEACH.

Another N coast beach taking payoff of the goodness merchandise winds, KANAHA is just higher upward MAUI'S original aerodrome at KAHULUI together with nigh 9km/5.5mi W of HOOKIPA. It's some other basis rated beach (for kite surfing) together with is also pop amongst the wind-surfers. Back of the beach is the large KANAHA BEACH PARK amongst the common total brace of facilities making it a favourite amongst picnickers - native Hawaiians love the large identify unit of measurement picnic.
Plenty of parking of course of teaching together with if y'all haven't a automobile y'all tin acquire buses 35 or xl to the aerodrome omnibus halt together with walk across to the beach, Note WAILUKU'S BANANA BUNGALOW HOSTEL together with NORTH SHORE HOSTEL both run a complimentary shuttle to the beach each morning.

Kite surfers are to live constitute at the western halt of the beach amongst air current surfers the other end. Note the cruise liner mid-background left together with the western highlands fabulous IAO valley far background to its left. Might live clearer if y'all click-expand image.

Actually a calendar week afterwards I was trekking upward inward those clouds at the valley. H5N1 calendar month afterwards my pathetic 72 twelvemonth old knees are soundless wrecked. Or mayhap it was the 18km volcano crater trek.

KANAHA is a pretty overnice beach for ordinary beach-goers.

Local families savour the beach park.

BEST SNORKELING BEACH
The experts grip the best identify to snorkel at MAUI is at the offshore semi-flooded caldera of mini-volcano MOLOKINI 5km off the BIG BEACH coast. However this is non a beach together with requires some expenditure on a boat trip to access (shop some - some trip counters were discounting wildly although the tours themselves vary widely inward duration together with inclusions [the best include breakfast together with a buffet lunch]).
The experts state at that topographic point is a bunch of goodness beach-accessed snorkeling spots off the side past times side coast - 1 I heard mentioned was the reef close the five CAVES expanse southward of WAILEA BEACH on the southern beaches strip - meet opening "map" paradigm upward page for full general location. The nearest beach to access five caves is MAKENA SNORKELING BEACH southward of WAILEA BEACH.

MOLOKINI together with five CAVES locations. For linear distance - it is 5km from MOLOKINI to BIG BEACH. The white lined WAILEA COASTAL WALKING PATH referred to upward page is top of image.

However the best snorkeling I did was some the indicate at KA'ANAPOLI BEACH'S BLACK ROCK which is also recommended past times the experts.

There is a shallow bay at the halt of BLACK ROCK peninsula which is worth a look. Visibility on the beach side of the peninsula is non corking - lotsa swimmers/waders stir upward conditions. And don't become also unopen to the rocks towards the halt of the indicate - a cliff-jumper mightiness nation on you. Visibility is pretty clear 1 time y'all plow the seaward corner.

I wasn't blown away past times coral or fish character (then 1 time again I'm spoiled having snorkeled world's best many times) but equally mentioned upward page some members of my hostel grouping saw some turtles hither together with equally y'all tin meet below, hostel tour leader JAROD did okay inward his pike line-fishing here.

Hostel tour leader JAROD is no mug inward the spear-fishing stakes.

Don't snorkel also unopen to the cliff-jumpers.

BEST NUDIST BEACH AND SPECIAL SCENE - LITTLE BEACH

Actually LITTLE BEACH ain't a nudist beach, it's CLOTHING OPTIONAL. At the SPECIAL SCENE time, the SUNDAY DRUM CIRCLE thing, at that topographic point were to a greater extent than "textiles" than nudists. At other times the ratio was nigh 1 cloth for every three nudists. The get-go ii maps top of this page demonstrate location.

LITTLE BEACH from the northern end. The steep, fossil oil but brusk climb over the headland from BIG BEACH is at the far end. Both these far southern beaches seemed to live picking upward to a greater extent than swell than others inward July/August - the shore-break was frequently a flake gnarly.

The Dominicus drum circle begins warming upward nigh 1430. More drummers drift inward so that past times sunset at that topographic point are twice the number amongst performers together with many onlookers (the crowd triples) working themselves upward into a flake of a frenzy. Bonfires are non unusual.

"BEST" NUDIST BEACH - ARE THERE OTHERS?
Well patently alternative lifestyle expanse HANA frequently sees nudists at spectacular RED BEACH (see downpage inward "MOST EXOTIC BEACH SETTING"). However when I called past times it looked similar weight of visitors had dissuaded the naturists.
I read that Pai's SECRET BEACH (to the eastward of long BALDWIN BEACH - meet "BEST KID'S BEACH/BABYBEACH" downwards page) gets nudists but it was deserted both times I went by.
Also, a overnice lady at LITTLE BEACH told me that ONEULI, a dark sand beach straightaway the other side of the conic loma N of LITTLE is also habiliment optional. I didn't acquire there.
Various reports cite other spots some the island.

BEST KIDS' BEACH - BABY BEACH, WESTERN END OF BALDWIN BEACH

BABY BEACH is at the western halt (left inward image) of gently recurved BALDWIN BEACH, a overnice 1400m strip of sand starting 900m W of the funky N coast surfer/hippy town PAI'A.

A 300m stone shelf parallel to the sand makes a natural break-wall to whatever waves, pregnant fairly calm conditions.
This expanse has a modest parking expanse at the western halt (this tends to create total on overnice days - pregnant y'all volition receive got to search for a spot on access streets) best accessed via NONOHE PL off the HANA HWY some 1600m/1mile W of the plow into the large BALDWIN BEACH PARK at the other halt of the long beach.

The BABY BEACH department of BALDWIN - this is close high tide on a twenty-four hr stream amongst a fair flake of merchandise air current driven modest swell but the expanse behind the reef is soundless pretty sheltered. Better of course of teaching equally the tide drops equally inward the GOOGLE EARTH paradigm higher upward - I believe at that topographic point is soundless plenty H2O for kids to receive got a goodness splash some inward fifty-fifty at bottom tide.
Not sure how protected this expanse would live inward the huge tempest created swells of wintertime - even so such weather condition may exclusively hap three or 4 times over winter.

BABY BEACH from the eastward - some other 1100m of BALDWIN BEACH behind photographic television receiver camera equally tin live seen below.

BALDWIN BEACH looking eastward - the large together with good equipped BALDWIN BEACH PARK, pop amongst identify unit of measurement grouping picnickers is at the far end. This was a overnice weekend twenty-four hr stream amongst a pretty goodness crowd attention but equally y'all tin meet the beach is so long that it's slow to detect a department pretty much deserted.
I'd charge per unit of measurement BALDWIN higher inward my most favoured listing of MAUI beaches except for the to a greater extent than or less constant brisk ONSHORE north-east merchandise winds. Surfers together with ex-surfers exercise non similar onshore winds. You may favour these even so because they tend to hold things cool.

NOTE: There is some other BABY BEACH on the island, agency over the western side just N of trendy LAHAINA town. It also is pretty sheltered but I didn't recollect it equally goodness equally its BALDWIN area's namesake

BEST SURFING BEACH

SMALL WAVES - LAHAINA HARBOUR BREAK-WALL

A twosome of issues here:
-The HAWAIIAN ISLANDS are best known for BIG WAVES but apart from large swell arriving from huge NORTH PACIFIC STORMS mayhap 4/5 times inward wintertime (and lasting mayhap the same number of days each) y'all mainly receive got modest waves generated past times the prevailing NORTH-EAST TRADE WINDS. This was the example for all my three weeks August 2017 take in (apparently the strange summertime tempest tin generate some bigger waves).
-You tin detect ok modest waves (btw - these are first-class for beginners together with at that topographic point is no shortage of board-rental together with instructors) all some the island, but the most crowded identify I saw amongst the longest rides together with best waves was along the reef just southward of the harbour break-wall at LAHAINA. Another summation - OFF-SHORE winds (at to the lowest degree until afternoon) which tend to smoothen the moving ridge confront together with brand them stand upward up to a greater extent than (surfers love off-shore winds).
- Not much of a beach hither although inshore from the far left is a long narrow strip of sand variously called EMILY'S BEACH/LAHAINA SOUTH/LAHAINA SHORES BEACH which has plenty sand for sunbathing away from top of the tide.

I also saw lots of surfers inward okay weather condition at THE COVE BEACH PARK inward the KIHIE expanse of the touristy south-central beach zone together with at PAPALAUA BCH inward the island's southward west.

You tin meet whatever NE TRADE WIND volition live off the shore at these places (nerds annotation - the SEA BREEZE consequence at times volition swing it ONSHORE - also local topography seems to exercise this inward the south-central area).

BEST BIG WAVE BEACH - JAWS

WHOA - THIS IS H5N1 SERIOUSLY BIG WAVE WHICH CAN MATCH ANYTHING OHAU'S FAMED NORTH SHORE (PIPELINE, SUNSET BEACH, WAIMEA BAY) CAN THROW UP. NO SURPRISES - THE SAME NORTHERN PACIFIC MEGA WINTER STORM SWELLS ARRIVE ON MAUI'S NORTH COAST - SO WHY SHOULDN'T THE WAVES BE AS EPIC?
Here's a cop-out. I never got to JAWS - my TOM TOM couldn't detect it, I had no ides which unpaved side route off the HANA HWY to receive got together with I was running out of fourth dimension to supply my rental car. I had to pinch the higher upward shot of PINTERST.COM.
A 2nd indicate - I recollect JAWS is to a greater extent than a bay than a beach - but GOOGLE EARTH'S paradigm of the expanse is obscured past times cloud, precluding a close-up look.

Second identify hither must become to HONOLUA BAY inward MAUI'S N west, which gets the same wintertime tempest swell together with is the location for the WOMEN'S WORLD TITLE CONTEST - the ROXY PRO MAUI.

Not quite equally large equally JAWS, at to the lowest degree on the twenty-four hr stream of the contest, but a pretty goodness wave. I love how excellently the women surf these days - they'd kill the real best males of my day.
I DID acquire into HONOLUA BAY (see downwards page for BEST BEACH HINTERLAND) but weather condition were typical summer-benign. So I had to pinch this shot from SNN.
Once 1 time again to a greater extent than a bay than a beach - at that topographic point is supposed to live a spell of sand inward the western corner but erosion had cutting it ny take in - leaving a BOULDER BEACH (misleading holler - nosotros are talking a beach composed of LARGE pebbles).

North coast seat leaves both opened upward to NORTH PACIFIC wintertime tempest swell.

BEST CAMPING BEACH - BLACK SAND BEACH HANA

BLACK SAND BEACH is inward the WAI'ANAPANAPA STATE PARK accessed past times a 1km/0.6m side route (HONOKALANI RD) which leaves the HANA HWY 2.3m/3.9km N eastward of primal HANA TOWN. This is a top expanse - a should meet on a HANA HWY TRIP fifty-fifty if y'all don't intend to camp. Black sand beach is gorgeous, the PI'LANI TRAIL cliff walk starts several hundred meters N W of the beach together with runs several km to the south-east almost to HANA TOWN, at that topographic point is some other loop runway to some FRESH WATER CAVES together with the rugged coast features NATURAL ARCHES together with a BLOWHOLE. The expanse also has some LAVA TUBES.
I had to give all but the beach a immature lady because I was running out of fourth dimension on my brief call-in.

BLACK SAND BEACH from the coastal path which heads several km along the coast. The campground is out of frame dorsum to the left.

I didn't receive got a shot of the campground - had to pinch this 1 from the excellent PRIDE OF MAUI website which has information non exclusively on the best campgrounds but a bunch of other attractions.
This is a STATE PARK CAMPGROUND - these are real cheap but receive got to live booked beforehand. I recollect each closes for a few days each calendar week to discourage the homeless from squatting.
Note no populace buses run along the HANA HWY - y'all volition ask a automobile to access this area.

ALMOST AS GOOD
- PAPALAUA BEACH PARK

This is side past times side the beach together with the original route (noise?) inward the island's dry out southward west. The air current hither tends to live offshore resulting inward smoothen sea weather condition - I saw plenty of surfers from passing buses together with excursion vans but waves were real small: first-class for learners.
This is a COUNTY CAMP GROUND, similar inward price, booking together with days opened upward to STATE CAMPGROUNDS, but facilities are commonly to a greater extent than limited. eg patently this 1 hasn't fresh water.
I didn't acquire off passing carry to depository financial establishment check this expanse carefully - so this motion-picture demonstrate came from PRIDE OF MAUI too.
Although omnibus 20 goes by, at that topographic point is no omnibus stop, pregnant it's upward to driver goodwill to allow y'all off/on. Many are sticklers for the rules.

-KANAHA BEACH PARK

This large pop beach commons has some other COUNTY CAMPGROUND amongst similar conditions, summation it does receive got fresh water. It's original payoff is location - less than a mile from the original (KAHULUI) airport, it is the easiest of these three to attain via populace carry (catch buses 35 or xl to the aerodrome together with walk across on KOEHEKE/KAA ST from the automobile parking area).
See BEST WINDSURFING BEACH up-page for to a greater extent than information nigh this overnice beach area.
This is some other PRIDE OF MAUI pic.

MOST SPECTACULAR SETTING - RED SAND BEACH HANA

Cut into a modest cinder cone straightaway south-east of HANA TOWN, the setting is enhanced past times a rainforest backdrop. Sand has a ruddy tinge from particles of atomic number 26 ore.

My day-trip friends from BANANA BUNGALOW receive got a intermission on the beach after a swim.

It tin acquire a flake exciting climbing this mid-bay stone for a jump. Some tricky currents inward the H2O too. Don't endeavor this if y'all are non a rigid swimmer (or don't similar climbing precipitous rocks).

Access is via a runway which crosses a land just below the HANA COMMUNITY CENTER inward UAKEA RD which is 1 block eastward of the HANA HWY. My July take in had so many tourists visiting that it was a elementary affair of next the herd. However mayhap the herd scared away the nudists who frequent this beach at quieter times.
For scale: it's 250m inward a straight describe from the start of the runway to the beach place-marker.

The guidebooks caution that the cliffside business office of this path tin live tricky together with dangerous. Maybe so inward the wet, but when I took it, it was a doddle - except.....

....for the concluding high corner together with descent to the beach which had precipitous rocks underfoot. Don't become barefoot.

RED SAND BCH at the far eastern tip of MAUI.

BEST HINTERLAND - HONOLUA BAY.

RED SAND has a pretty goodness immediate backdrop but I rated the fabulous rainforest along the walk from the carpark to the H2O at HONOLUA tops here.

I judged the walking runway rainforest meliorate than the previous best I'd seen on HAWAII at OAHU'S MANOA FALLS access path. Of course of teaching 1 or all of the many of the islands' ABORETUMS could belike musical rhythm out them, but equally a bottom-budget traveler I receive got a financial aversion for paying to meet nature 'improved'.

The beach at HONOLUA is what Geomorphologists telephone telephone a BOULDER BEACH, which is a flake misleading - it's composed of large smoothen pebbles. Guidebooks cite a modest spell of sand out of frame inward the bay's left corner but it had been cutting past times erosion when I visited.
If y'all click expand y'all may live able to meet the snorkelers mid bay - this is 1 of MAUI'S meliorate snorkeling expanse inward calm weather condition similar this. The bay is business office of a marine life conservation district - no spearfishing but because of this at that topographic point are plenty of fish which don't scare away easily.
I mentioned it equally the runner upward inward MAUI'S BIG SURF stakes - it's difficult to believe from the higher upward shot, but....

When the large wintertime tempest swells hit, at that topographic point is a seriously large right-hander off the north-east headland. I pinched this motion-picture demonstrate from surfing-waves.com

HONOLUA is inward the islands north-west.

That rather overnice beach to the left of HONOLUA BAY is SLAUGHTERHOUSE BEACH inward MOKULEIA BAY, also business office of the marine life conservation district. SLAUGHTERHOUSE is supposed to live a actually overnice beach - I didn't acquire a adventure to depository financial establishment check it.

MOST DISAPPOINTING BEACHES
KOKI AND HAMAO - HANEOO RD SOUTH OF HANA

HAMEO BEACH

First arrived from the southward is HAMEO, a 300m dark sand beach behind which is an ok beach park. But compared to the hype inward the guide-books I persuasion at that topographic point was zilch to elevator this identify over the average - especially when access from the original route is real steep together with parking restricted.

KOKI BEACH

A few km N on the HANEOO LOOP RD is KOKI BCH. Once 1 time again I was expecting something actually corking after the gushing description inward the guide-book. NAH - pretty average inward fact. At to the lowest degree the parking province of affairs together with access are better.

The northern entrance to the HAMEOO RD loop is less than 2miles/3.2km southward of primal HANA TOWN.
This paradigm mightiness live clearer if y'all click-expand.

I reckon KOKI/HAMEO are nigh equally far equally y'all tin acquire on MAUI from KAHULUI AIRPORT (top of low-cal expanse inward pinched department of island).

SO THERE YOU HAVE information technology FOLKS - MY IDEAS OF MAUI'S BEST BEACHES IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. BUT IF I HAVE MISSED YOUR FAVOURITE, POST IN BELOW AND TELL USA ABOUT IT. ANY OTHER BEACH INFORMATION OR MISTAKES SPOTTED ARE WELCOME.
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