A lifeguard patrols Big Beach in Makena looking for signs of sharks Thursday afternoon. • The Maui News / CHRIS SUGIDONO photo MAKENA — A 7-foot Galapagos shark “aggressively” snatched a ...

At Ho‘okipa Beach Park on Maui's north-central coast ... In the winter, as large storms move south of Alaska, the turquoise ...

The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photos KIHEI — Police issued three citations Saturday at a single beach in South Maui for violation of public health emergency rules. After issuing the citations ...

At 165 acres, Makena is one of the largest, undeveloped beaches on Maui. It is actually three beaches, just south of Wailea. The Big Beach (Oneloa) is 1.5 miles long and 100 feet wide. There is a ...

Located in south Maui, Makena Beach State Park is about 3 miles south of Wailei-Makena along Makena Alanui. Both beaches in Makena Beach State Park are open from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays.

when storms rampage across the South Pacific’s mid to lower latitudes. But due to that swell source’s far distance, along with island shadowing, Southwest Maui’s surf is much mellower than ...

Situated in Kihei on the southwest portion of Maui, Kama'ole Beach Parks are all within walking distance of one another on South Kihei Road. Kama'ole Beach Parks are free to visit and don't have ...

Officials in Maui are investigating a Thursday night explosion at a beach resort that reportedly injured more than a half-dozen people, sending several to hospitals. The blast took place just ...

Ma'alaea is one of Maui's most famous waves. This is in part for the rifling, perfect right-hand tubes it creates on just the right South or SW swell; in another part for the decades-long fight to ...