Maui -

Baldwin Beach Park -

Located on the Road to Hana. Hana Highway between the Maui Club and the town of Paia. The park is often crowded, especially on weekends and holidays. Lifeguards are stationed here daily. Check with them before going into the water. The ocean bottom is sandy and drops quickly to overhead depths. For a picnic lunch run up to Paia and go to Picnics on Baldwin Avenue. Only 5 minutes away.

Fleming Beach Park -

Hono a Pi'ilani Highway, Honokahua Bay. Facilities in Fleming Beach Park include restrooms, showers and parking. The beach is the most popular bodysurfing and bodyboarding site on West Maui. Lifeguards are on duty daily and you can check with them before going in the water.

Kaanapali Beach -

Fronting Kaanapali Resort, Hono a Pi'ilani Highway, Kaanapali. Among the hundreds of beaches in Hawaii, Kaanapali Beach is one of the few where you can find just about every form of ocean recreation that the islands have to offer. While personnel from the the beach concessions perform ocean rescues if they spot someone in trouble in their area, they are neither hired nor trained as lifeguards. Note: The Hotels are required to provide a public access path to the beach and parking. Both the access and the parking is poorly marked, you need to drive slow and look for the public parking signs and the walkways. There are only a few parking spaces per public parking areas, so get there early.

Kanaha Beach Park -

Located on Alahao Road, Kahului. The east end of the park, is one of the major windsurfing sites on Maui's north shore. island. With a gently slope to overhead depths, it is a popular place for families and children. The beach is heavily used for windsurfing. Swimmers need to be alert at all times for windsurfers who are constantly launching and landing, often at high speeds. The best way to get to the park is to drive through the Airport, make a right turn on the street going to the Rent A Car area, going pass Alamo Car Rental. There is a small S turn. At the first street, there is a stop sign. Turn right. Go to the 3rd entrance. Watch the speed bumps. Park under the big tree with the lifeguard station straight ahead. A swimming area near the east end of the park is delineated with a line of buoys to separate the swimmers and windsurfers. The beach is one of the best swimming beaches on the Kahului / Wailuku side of the island. With a gentle slope to overhead depths, it is a popular place of families and children. The park provides restrooms, showers, parking, tables and BBQ pits for cooking. It is very popular with the locals on the weekend. The lifeguards are great. The beach is nice. Watching the windsurfers is fun. If you are on this side of the island, this beach is for you.

Kapalua Beach Park -

Lower Hono a Pi'ilani Highway, Kapalua. Kapalua Beach is one of the most picturesque beaches on Maui. The sheltered bay attracts many families with little children who would otherwise have no where to swim safely in this area. The ocean bottom slopes gently to overhead depths, creating a good area for swimming. A public beach park with parking, showers, and restrooms is located at the southern point of the bay. There are no lifeguards.

Makena State Park -

Located on South Kihei Road, Makena. High surf, generates dangerous shorebreak waves and powerful rip currents at Big Beach. Inexperience swimmers and bodysurfers should stay on shore during these seasonal periods of high surf or they should walk over to Little Beach. This is a remote site with no lifeguards at either beach. While state park regulations prohibit nudity, Little Beach continues to be one of Hawaii's foremost nudist beaches. If public nudity offends you, you may want to reconsider visiting this beach.

Palauea Beach -

On Makena Road at Palauea It is an excellent swimming site under normal conditions, especially for families with little children, and because it is more recessed than other beaches nearby, it offers beachers more shelter from the prevailing winds. If you are looking for a beach near civilization that usually is not crowded, this is it. No lifeguards are stationed here.

Picnics Restaurant -

Take a Picnic Basket to Hana. Stop by Picnic's on your drive to Hana and pickup your Guide to Hana ....also enjoy lunch prior to your trip or pick up a Picnic Lunch to take on your trip. Visiting Baldwin Beach, we are only 5 minutes away, in Paia.

Red Sand Beach -

Seaward side of Ka'uiki Head, Hana. The beach is located in a secluded cove and is used regularly by nudists. If public nudity offends you, you may want to reconsider visiting this beach.

Ulua Beach -

Wailea Alanui Road, Wailea, between the Renaissance Wailea Beach Resort and the Aston Wailea Resort. Consider it to be one of the best snorkeling sites on the island. A full-service beach concession at the edge of the beach on the Renaissance Wailea Beach Resort property offers equipment rentals and scuba, snorkeling, kayaking, and windsurfing lessons. No lifeguards are stationed here.

Wailea Beach -

Wailea Alanui Road, Wailea. Fronting the Grand Wailea Resort Hotel and the Four Seasons Hotel. Inland of the beach are a landscaped minipark, restrooms, showers, and a paved parking lot. Public access to the beach is marked by a sign on Wailea Alanui road. The beach concessions at the hotels rent a variety of ocean recrea