Kapalua Beach
Kapalua Beach is a beach in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Puʻukukui stands 1,764 m to the southeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Kapalua, a peak 0.1 miles away.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Kapalua: 0.1 mi
- Puakahuahua: 0.4 mi
- Puʻunēnē: 1.4 mi
- Puʻuokalauliko: 2.0 mi
- Puʻuokaʻōpuʻu: 2.3 mi
- Napili Park: 0.9 mi
- D.T. Fleming Park: 1.1 mi
- Hale Mahina Park: 3.0 mi
- Honokowai Beach Park: 3.4 mi
- Hanakao'o Beach Park: 6.3 mi
- Napili Beach: 0.3 mi
- Oneloa Beach: 0.6 mi
- D.T. Fleming Beach: 1.0 mi
- Keonenui Beach: 1.1 mi
- Ka'opala Beach: 1.3 mi
- Kapalua Cliff House: 0.2 mi
- Kapalua Labyrinth: 0.9 mi
- Mahana Ridge Trailhead: 3.6 mi
- Black Rock Beach: 5.4 mi
- Nakalele Blowhole: 5.4 mi
- Hauola Stone: 8.8 mi
- Brick Palace: 8.8 mi
- Old Fort: 8.9 mi
- ʻIliʻiliʻōpae Heiau: 10.5 mi
- Mana Heiau: 12.1 mi
- Quarter-Mile Falls: 11.3 mi
- Moa‘ula: 12.4 mi
- Hīpuapua Falls: 12.6 mi
- Pāpalaua Falls: 14.2 mi
- Kahiwa Falls: 14.8 mi
- Sugar Cane Train Lahaina Station: 8.3 mi
- Baldwin Home Museum: 8.8 mi
- Old Prison: 8.8 mi
- Old Lahaina Courthouse: 8.9 mi
- Hale Ho'ike'ike at the Bailey House Museum (Maui Historical Society): 12.9 mi
- Lo‘ipūnāwai: 11.5 mi
- Kūapuʻuiki: 12.3 mi
- Kapuna Spring: 21.6 mi
- Waihi‘i: 23.2 mi
- Kāpapa Pali: 16.1 mi
- Pāpaʻa-lā Pali: 17.1 mi
- Kaaloa: 18.9 mi
- Kauhakō Crater: 23.3 mi
- Honokowai Natural Area Reserve: 7.7 mi
- West Maui Natural Area Reserve: 8.4 mi
- Lihau Natural Area Reserve: 11.5 mi
- Bush: 12.2 mi
- Lanai Community Garden: 20.7 mi
- City Nursery: 20.7 mi
- Molokai Lighthouse: 24.3 mi
- Molokai Lighthouse Grounds: 24.5 mi
- Maui Releasing The Sun: 16.5 mi
- Kalawao: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Kapalua Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puʻukukui | SE 146° | 1,764 m | 9.2 mi |
| Maui Komohana | SE 145° | 1,764 m | 9.2 mi |
| Helu | SSE 155° | 1,428 m | 10.1 mi |
| Līhau | SSE 157° | 1,278 m | 11.1 mi |
| Puʻukāne | SE 133° | 1,129 m | 10.6 mi |
| Keahiʻāloa | SE 129° | 1,073 m | 9.7 mi |
| Maunaalani | SE 125° | 940 m | 9.5 mi |
| Keahikauō | ESE 122° | 923 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:31 | 18:09 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 18:39 | 19:12 |
| September equinox | 06:16 | 17:55 | 18:24 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 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 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 76 | 78 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 78 | 76 | 74 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kapalua-w Maui AP 462.4, 3 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Lahaina, 8 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/173210651
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- Maui · 26 mi
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