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Wailea Beach

Wailea Beach is a beach in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Puʻuʻulaʻula stands 3,055 m to the east, 12 miles off.

The story

beach in Maui County, Hawaii, United States

Wikidata Q49325171, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates20.68222, -156.44332

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wailea Beach: 0.1 mi
  • Polo Beach Park: 0.5 mi
  • Ulua Beach Park: 0.7 mi
  • Palauea Beach Park: 0.8 mi
  • Keawakapu II Beach Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Beaches: 42
Attractions: 37
  • Turtle Town: 0.4 mi
  • Turtle Arches: 2.1 mi
  • Maui Wave Riders: 3.3 mi
  • Snorkeling Entry Point: 4.7 mi
  • Makena Stables: 5.8 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Quarter-Mile Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Twin Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Punalau Falls: 21.3 mi
  • Puohokamoa Falls: 21.3 mi
  • Kopiliula Falls: 21.8 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • Whale Statue: 3.5 mi
  • Laperouse Memorial: 5.8 mi
  • Captain George Vancouver Monument: 6.1 mi
  • Ahupū Tank: 14.4 mi
  • Pihana Heiau: 15.7 mi
Springs: 10
Nature reserves: 5
Artworks: 3
Gardens: 1
  • Bush: 15.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Wailea Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PuʻuʻulaʻulaE 81°3,055 m12.4 mi
KolekoleE 82°3,052.44 m12.2 mi
Magnetic PeakE 82°3,052 m12.6 mi
PākaʻaoʻaoE 80°3,006 m12.7 mi
KilohanaENE 77°2,906 m13.4 mi
KalepeamoaE 85°2,768 m10.5 mi
KanahauE 87°2,660 m9.7 mi
KāhuaE 92°2,174 m11.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3018:0818:37
June solstice05:4718:3819:10
September equinox06:1517:5418:23
December solstice06:5817:1817:51

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, 3 mi 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/129264843

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