Makolea Beach
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
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Recreation Center Pavilion: 3.7 mi
- Wawaloli Beach Park: 3.7 mi
- Queen Liliokalani Park: 8.4 mi
- Old Kona Airport State Recreation Area: 8.9 mi
- Kailua Kona Keiki Park: 9.1 mi
- Kaelehuluhulu Beach: 1.0 mi
- Mahaiula Beach: 1.2 mi
- Makalawena Beach: 2.2 mi
- Wawaloli Beach: 3.6 mi
- Kua Bay Beach: 4.0 mi
- Kamkahinu: 9.5 mi
- Kailua Pier: 9.5 mi
- Kamehameha V (1830 - 1872): 14.9 mi
- Keauhou Hōlua Slide: 15.5 mi
- Lekeleke Burial Grounds: 16.1 mi
- Hale Hoʻokipa Visitor Contact Station: 6.4 mi
- Interpretive Center: 8.9 mi
- Hulihe‘e Palace Museum: 9.6 mi
- Keauhou Kahaluʻu Heritage Center: 14.8 mi
- Kona Coffee Living History Farm: 21.1 mi
- The Lei-Makers: 2.2 mi
- Hula Kahiko: 2.3 mi
- Buddha Point: 15.2 mi
- Fish of Hawaiʻi: 15.4 mi
- Kona Cloud Forest - Guided Walking Tours: 7.9 mi
- Kona Cloud Forest Guided Walking Tours: 7.9 mi
- Keahou II (Hualalai) Cooperative Nene Sanctuary: 20.4 mi
- Waialea Bay Marine Life Conservation District: 20.5 mi
- Sadie Seymour Botanical Gardens: 11.8 mi
- Palace Lawn: 15.2 mi
- Manini Beach: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Makolea Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hualālai | ESE 114° | 2,523 m | 13.0 mi |
| Puu Lalakaukole | ESE 115° | 2,514 m | 13.3 mi |
| Puʻuhonuaʻula | ESE 115° | 2,499 m | 12.8 mi |
| Poikahi | ESE 113° | 2,229 m | 15.4 mi |
| Umiahu | ESE 116° | 2,172 m | 14.3 mi |
| Kauunuoku | ESE 115° | 2,124 m | 16.0 mi |
| Puʻumaʻau | ESE 112° | 2,025 m | 16.4 mi |
| Puʻulaʻalāʻau | ESE 120° | 1,987 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 18:07 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 18:35 | 19:07 |
| September equinox | 06:14 | 17:52 | 18:22 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 17:19 | 17:51 |
Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Nov–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 75 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 81 | 80 | 78 | 76 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
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 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/386560912
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