CENTRAL MAUI - Maui: Including Molokai and Lanai - page 184

Kite Beach
As the name implies, Kite Beach is the place on the island for Maui's kitesurfing crowd.
While there is little reason to visit in the afternoon if you aren't either kitesurfing or watch-
ing others kitesurf, the morning hours can be nice for a stroll or watching the sunrise. The
beach usually begins seeing lessons around 9am.
WAILUKU
Waiehu Beach Park
This small strip of grass and sand is popular with locals, who come to surf, spearfish, bar-
becue, and drink beer on the weekends. The dunes are nice for walking in the early morn-
ing, and groups of surfers usually frequent offshore. Since the beach faces almost due east,
the sunrises can be particularly rewarding. Waiehu Beach Park is a strictly local hangout
with little to offer most visitors. To reach Waiehu Beach Park, travel along Waiehu Beach
Road until you reach the turnoff for Lower Waiehu Beach Road, and then follow it to the
parking lot at the end.
Waihe'e Beach Park
Waihe'e Beach Park is a thin stretch of sand running along a turbulent sea. Due to the
prevailing trade winds blowing directly onshore, this spot can be good for beachcombing,
although transient and homeless camps occasionally spring up in the parking lot area and
the shoreline can smell of seaweed. To reach Waihe'e Beach Park, follow Waiehu Beach
Road until it turns into Kahekili Highway (Highway 340), and make a right on Halewaiu
Road following the signs for the golf course. Before the turnoff into the golf course park-
ing lot, a small road goes to the left, which you can follow all the way to a parking lot.
The beach park itself is small, although if you walk on the sand to the left you'll eventu-
ally come to a stretch of shoreline that parallels the Waihe'e Coastal Dunes and Wetlands
Preserve.