The upmarket Wailea resort area a few miles south of Kihei Town south has two beautiful crescent shaped beaches between which a rocky outcrop breaks the two. A paved walkway runs along its entire length and is popular with morning and evening joggers. These sheltered beaches, which both have public access, are good spots for swimming, snorkelling and even scuba diving.

Wailea	Wedding Beach
Makena Big and Little

Less than two miles south of Wailea takes you to Makena and the end of the sealed highway. Makena boasts two of the loveliest beaches in Maui. Big Beach has a long stretch of fine white sand and extends for almost a mile with some excellent body surfing but sometimes raging surf. A short walk on a rough track takes you over the bluff and down into the sheltered Little Beach, popular with top-less and nude bathers. To the south of Makena is a small cove beach where between 8am and 5pm a continuous stream of couples come to be married. Here the paved road ends giving way to the inhospitable South Coast scenery of volcanic lava flows.

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