Big Beach
Big Beach is a beach in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Puʻuʻulaʻula stands 3,055 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mākena State Park, a park 0.3 miles away.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mākena State Park: 0.3 mi
- Makena Landing Beach Park: 1.6 mi
- Po'olenalena Beach Park: 2.2 mi
- Palauea Beach Park: 2.7 mi
- Polo Beach Park: 3.0 mi
- Puʻuōlaʻi: 0.4 mi
- Oanapuka: 2.0 mi
- Kalua o Lapa: 2.5 mi
- Puu o Kanaloa: 2.7 mi
- Puʻunaio: 3.0 mi
- Little Beach: 0.4 mi
- One‘uli Beach: 0.6 mi
- Maluaka Beach: 1.1 mi
- Rocky Beach: 1.4 mi
- Makena Landing: 1.6 mi
- Snorkeling Entry Point: 1.4 mi
- Turtle Arches: 1.4 mi
- Makena Stables: 2.7 mi
- Turtle Town: 3.3 mi
- Hanamanioa Point Light: 4.0 mi
- Quarter-Mile Falls: 18.3 mi
- Twin Falls: 23.4 mi
- Punalau Falls: 23.7 mi
- Kopiliula Falls: 23.7 mi
- Puohokamoa Falls: 23.7 mi
- Laperouse Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Whale Statue: 7.0 mi
- Captain George Vancouver Monument: 9.5 mi
- Ahupū Tank: 12.7 mi
- Nuu: 17.1 mi
- Waihou Spring: 6.5 mi
- Waikaʻalu Spring: 7.2 mi
- Waiu Spring: 18.1 mi
- Punahoa Spring: 21.7 mi
- Paʻanene Spring: 21.8 mi
- Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary: 9.2 mi
- Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum: 16.4 mi
- Hale Ho'ike'ike at the Bailey House Museum (Maui Historical Society): 18.0 mi
- Maui Okinawa Cultural Center: 19.2 mi
- Old Prison: 22.2 mi
- 'Āhihi-Kīna‘u Natural Area Reserve: 1.9 mi
- Lihau Natural Area Reserve: 17.9 mi
- West Maui Natural Area Reserve: 20.8 mi
- Honokowai Natural Area Reserve: 21.5 mi
- Ke’anae Arboretum: 24.6 mi
- Dr. Sun Yat-Sen: 6.1 mi
- Sun Mei: 6.1 mi
- Maui Releasing The Sun: 18.1 mi
- Bush: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Big Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puʻuʻulaʻula | ENE 67° | 3,055 m | 13.7 mi |
| Kolekole | ENE 67° | 3,052 m | 13.4 mi |
| Magnetic Peak | ENE 67° | 3,052 m | 13.8 mi |
| Pākaʻaoʻao | ENE 66° | 3,006 m | 14.0 mi |
| Kilohana | ENE 64° | 2,906 m | 14.8 mi |
| Kalepeamoa | ENE 67° | 2,768 m | 11.6 mi |
| Kanahau | ENE 68° | 2,660 m | 10.8 mi |
| Puʻualiʻi | ENE 73° | 2,452 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:31 | 18:08 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 18:38 | 19:10 |
| September equinox | 06:15 | 17:54 | 18:23 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 17:19 | 17:51 |
Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 72 | 71 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 77 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 75 | 73 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Makena Golf Course 249.1, under a mile away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Makena, HI, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/45054863
Day trips start here
- Maui · 14 mi
- Haleakalā National Park · 19 mi
Take the scenic way to Big Beach.
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