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Southwest Maui Beaches
Including beach description, map, and facilities
18 Maui Beaches in the Lahaina, Kaanapali, Maalaea area
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Black Rock
Kaanapali, Maui
Large black lava rock that separates the two halves of Ka’anapali Beach. Snorkeling is legendary around the rock, lots of fish and coral. Be careful of the current around the rock. Watch for turtles.
● Lifeguards
● No facilities |
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Hanakaoo Canoe Beach
Lahaina, Maui
Take your pick from jet skiing, boogie boarding, body surfing, watching canoe races and swimming. Snorkeling not good here due to bad visibility. Popular with locals, especially on weekends.
● Lifeguard
● Bathhouse with toilets and sinks
● Picnic tables, some covered and barbecue pits
● Outdoor showers |
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D.T. Fleming Beach Park
Kapalua, Maui
Long and wide beach with lots of shade. Very popular with locals, weekends can be very crowded. Facilities aren’t as well kept as other parks. Boogie boarding can be good, afternoons very windy.
● Lifeguard
● 12 picnic tables and 6 grills
● 2 parking areas, one with 80 spaces
● Restrooms inside lifeguard station, 1 outdoor shower
● Park Weblink |
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Haycraft Park
Maalaea, Maui
● No lifeguard
● 2 picnic tables and 2 grills
● Ten parking spaces
● Park Weblink |
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Honokowai Beach Park
Kaanapali, Maui
Swimming and snorkeling poor but nice place to come and eat your lunch. (Honokowai Okazuya Deli is close by.) |
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Kaanapali Beach
Kaanapali, Maui
One of the best beaches on Maui. Concrete path which runs from Black Rock to the Hyatt. Much celebration at Black Rock at sunset.
● Lifeguards
● Restrooms, showers
● Seasonal high surf |
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Kahana Beach
Kahana, Maui
Marginal beach. Sometimes has problem with seaweed. |
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Kahekili/ North Beach / Airport Beach
Kaanapali, Maui
Great park, beach and facilities. Popular for scuba divers. Great views of Lana’i and Moloka’i.
● Bathhouse with toilets and sinks
● Covered picnic pavilion
● Picnic tables and barbecue pit |
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Kaopala Beach
Southwest Maui
Water is from a foul creek ½ mile south of here. Swimming not advisable. |
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Kapalua Beach
Kapalua, Maui
Known as one of the best swimming beaches in Maui. Great place to walk into the ocean without getting beaten by the surf most of the time. Snorkeling not very good. |
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Keonenui Beach
Southwest Maui
Usually a wide, white spread of sand. Slightly cloudy water, sandy bottom with steep shorebreak. |
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Launiupoko Beach Park
Lahaina, Maui
Gorgeous views of Lanai and Molokai. Good place for surfers when waves are up. Good for whale watching in winter season.
● 6 Picnic tables, 1 grill
● 1 comfort station and 1 portable toilet
● Park Weblink |
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Pohaku Park (Also called S-Turns Park)
Kahana, Maui
Good for picnics or sunsets. Water is murky, swimming not advised. |
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Napili Beach
Napili, Maui
Large sandy beach, can get fairly crowded. Sand slopes steeply into the water, use caution when entering.
● No lifeguard
● Restrooms located at Napili Kai Resort |
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Oneloa Beach
Kapalua, Maui
(There is another beach of the same name in South Maui.)
A real gem. Long, luxurious beach, uncrowded most of the time. Left third of the beach has a sandy, padded bottom making for wonderful swimming when calm. Climb up the rocks on the left side to explore tide-pools and cove. No shade, can be windy.
● No facilities except shower |
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Puamana Beach County Park
Lahaina, Maui
Gentle in most conditions, but can take a big swell from southwest, west and northwest climbing to 6 feet plus. Small waves most of the year.
● 10 picnic tables and 2 grills
● 32 parking spaces
● 3 portable toilets
● Park Weblink |
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Ukumehame and Papalaua Parks
Southwest Maui
Stretches of beach between 11 and 13 mile markers on Highway 30. Extremely easy access. Good snorkeling where the road leaves the shoreline climbing toward the tunnel facing southeast. Good place to pull over and enjoy the view.
● 12 picnic tables and 9 grills
● 2 portable toilets
● Park Weblink |
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Wahikuli Wayside Park
Southwest Maui
Often nearly empty during the week. Restrooms can be pretty bad. Marginal beach, murky water. Wahikuli means noisy place which is appropriate as this park is close to the highway.
● 26 covered picnic pavilions with 12 barbecue grills
● 3 restroom pavilions
● Park Weblink |
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