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Makolea Beach

Makolea Beach from directly overhead

Makolea Beach is a beach in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Hualālai stands 2,523 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Kaelehuluhulu Beach, a beach 1.0 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates19.76807, -156.04869

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 42
  • Lava Tube: 1.7 mi
  • Kanaloa Octopus Farm: 2.9 mi
  • Ocean Rider Seahorse Farms: 3.1 mi
  • The Vanillerie: 3.2 mi
  • Big Island Abalone: 3.8 mi
Parks: 28
Beaches: 26
Historic sites: 12
Museums: 6
Artworks: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Gardens: 2
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Makolea Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HualālaiESE 114°2,523 m13.0 mi
HualālaiESE 114°2,518 m13.2 mi
Puu LalakaukoleESE 115°2,514 m13.3 mi
PuʻuhonuaʻulaESE 115°2,499 m12.8 mi
PoikahiESE 113°2,229 m15.4 mi
UmiahuESE 116°2,172 m14.3 mi
KauunuokuESE 115°2,124 m16.0 mi
PuʻumaʻauESE 112°2,025 m16.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2918:0718:36
June solstice05:4718:3519:07
September equinox06:1417:5218:22
December solstice06:5517:1917:51

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Nov–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F757576777880818281807876
Precip in1.31.21.00.60.60.80.50.50.50.90.81.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kailua Kona Ke-ahole AP, 2 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Kailua Kona, HI, 9 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/386560912

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