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Little Beach

Little Beach from directly overhead

Little Beach is a beach in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Puʻuʻulaʻula stands 3,055 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Puʻuōlaʻi, a peak 0.2 miles away.

Clothing optional beach

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates20.63488, -156.45173

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Beaches: 36
Attractions: 35
  • Turtle Arches: 1.3 mi
  • Snorkeling Entry Point: 1.8 mi
  • Turtle Town: 3.1 mi
  • Makena Stables: 3.1 mi
  • Hanamanioa Point Light: 4.4 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Quarter-Mile Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Twin Falls: 23.4 mi
  • Punalau Falls: 23.7 mi
  • Puohokamoa Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Kopiliula Falls: 23.8 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • Laperouse Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Whale Statue: 6.7 mi
  • Captain George Vancouver Monument: 9.3 mi
  • Ahupū Tank: 12.5 mi
  • Nuu: 17.4 mi
Springs: 7
Nature reserves: 5
Artworks: 3
Gardens: 1
  • Bush: 18.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Little Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PuʻuʻulaʻulaENE 68°3,055 m13.9 mi
KolekoleENE 68°3,052.44 m13.6 mi
Magnetic PeakENE 69°3,052 m13.9 mi
PākaʻaoʻaoENE 67°3,006 m14.1 mi
KilohanaENE 65°2,906 m15.0 mi
KalepeamoaENE 69°2,768 m11.8 mi
KanahauENE 69°2,660 m11.0 mi
PuʻualiʻiENE 74°2,452 m15.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3118:0818:38
June solstice05:4718:3819:10
September equinox06:1517:5418:23
December solstice06:5817:1917:51

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F727172747577787878777573
Precip in2.51.32.00.81.10.40.81.21.11.61.21.8

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 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/45054906

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