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Mokapu Beach

Mokapu Beach is a beach in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Puʻuʻulaʻula stands 3,055 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Ulua Beach Park, a park 0.2 miles away.

The story

beach in Maui County, Hawaii, United States

Wikidata Q49322136, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates20.69342, -156.44420

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ulua Beach Park: 0.2 mi
  • Keawakapu II Beach Park: 0.2 mi
  • Keawakapu I Beach Park: 0.6 mi
  • Wailea Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Kilohana Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Beaches: 46
Attractions: 38
  • Turtle Town: 1.0 mi
  • Maui Wave Riders: 2.5 mi
  • Turtle Arches: 2.9 mi
  • Snorkeling Entry Point: 5.5 mi
  • Makena Stables: 6.5 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Quarter-Mile Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Twin Falls: 19.9 mi
  • Puohokamoa Falls: 20.9 mi
  • Punalau Falls: 20.9 mi
  • Kopiliula Falls: 21.5 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • Whale Statue: 2.7 mi
  • Captain George Vancouver Monument: 5.3 mi
  • Laperouse Memorial: 6.6 mi
  • Ahupū Tank: 14.8 mi
  • Pihana Heiau: 14.9 mi
Springs: 10
Nature reserves: 5
Artworks: 3
Gardens: 1
  • Bush: 14.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Mokapu Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PuʻuʻulaʻulaE 85°3,055 m12.4 mi
KolekoleE 85°3,052.44 m12.2 mi
Magnetic PeakE 85°3,052 m12.5 mi
PākaʻaoʻaoE 84°3,006 m12.6 mi
KalepeamoaE 89°2,768 m10.5 mi
KanahauE 91°2,660 m9.8 mi
KāhuaE 96°2,174 m11.1 mi
PuʻukeōkeaE 97°2,149 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3118:0818:37
June solstice05:4718:3819:10
September equinox06:1517:5418:23
December solstice06:5917:1817:51

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 4 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Makena, HI, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/129576962

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