Travel Reference
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Maui Swap Meet
B2
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Queen Kaʻahumanu Center
B2
Beaches
Kanaha Beach Park
BEACH
When the wind picks up in the afternoon, this mile-long beach becomes surf city, with
hundreds of brilliant sails whipping back and forth across the bay.
Both windsurfing and kitesurfing are so hot here that the beach is divvied up, with
kitesurfers converging at the southwestern end, known as
Kite Beach
, and windsurfers
strutting their stuff at the northeastern end. It's mind-blowing to watch, and there are in-
structors waiting right on the beach if
you're
ready to fly.
A section in the middle of the beach is roped off for swimmers, but this place is really
all about wind power. Facilities include restrooms, showers and shaded picnic tables.
Sights
Kanaha Pond Bird Sanctuary
PRESERVE
(Hwy 37; sunrise-sunset)
Tucked between the airport, a highway and a
Krispy Kreme, this roadside wetlands seems an unlikely sanctuary for rare Hawaiian
birds. But the
aeʻo
(black-necked stilt), native coots and black-crowned night herons that
flock here don't seem to mind the nearby bustle. You should make several sightings right
