Beaches
Big Beach and Little Beach
Big Beach, officially named Oneloa Beach, and also called Makena Beach, is one of Hawaii’s most fabulous strands of sand. It’s two thirds of a mile long and 100 feet wide, with transparent waters and a magnificent view. In a Hawaii Magazine anniversary poll, Big Beach was named the number one favorite among its [...]
Maui Beach Guide
Maui and beaches are synonymous. Here’s a great online guide to many of them. Don’t forget the suntan lotion.
MauiBeachGuide
Website Focuses on Beach Safety
Hawaii beaches are rated as some of the most beautiful and popular in the world. But, because of large waves and tricky currents they are also among the most dangerous.
Recently, at Maui’s Slaughter House Beach, we witnessed for ourselves just how tempting it can be to enter the water during unsafe condigions. Large [...]
Oneloa Beach (West Maui)
Kapalua West Maui, Hawaii
Oneloa Beach is a beautiful little strip of sand located within the Kapalau Resort area. Don’t confuse it with the South Maui beach of the same name, which is better known as Big Beach.
Oneloa Beach is usually quiet and uncrowded. This seems a bit strange considering the huge number of condo’s that [...]
Slaughter House Beach (Mokuleia Bay)
West Maui, Hawaii, beyond Kapalua on highway 30 just past the 32 mile marker.
Slaughterhouse is a beautiful little sand beach that’s part of the Honolua Bay Marine Preserve. Be ready to walk down more than a 100 feet of staircase from road level to the beach. What you’ll find at the bottom is a [...]