For an idyllic day on the water, head to Wailea Beach in South Maui, located near some of the island's best hotels. Experience Hawaii's only red sand beach at Kaihalulu, located o ...

Other attacks were reported this year off Olowalu in March and Wailea Beach in January. The last fatal attack occurred April 29, 2015, off Ahihi Bay in South Maui about 200 yards offshore.

Although much of South Maui consists of condos and strip malls, you'll also find a variety of luxury resorts and stunning beaches here, not to mention the Maui Ocean Center. This area is also ...

The water conditions can vary, however. 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...