This is one of the 3 popular beaches of the Makena area you can read more here This beach is lesser known and that showed as there was no one there when we got there and only a couple of people came and went for the short time we were there.

There is several resorts in the area (to the south) and a big golf course bordering the beach to the south.

There had been a fire burning on the north mountain with smoth drifting south along the waterfront all day long so the time before the sunset was very very golden in color and seemed like it would be quite amazing. But when the sun set it was far from the sunset that one might have expected. But really I can’t complain, I was on a beautiful Hawaiian beach at sunset.

I very much liked the beach, it wasn’t so much a beach you’d lay out at or even do a lot of swimming at. But it was certainly more of the beach you’d walk up and down at admiring the more exotic beauty and feel of the area.

When it started to get dark a few young kids came in their truck and had a small fire on the sand. It was very much that type of beach… the type where you go and hang out with friends but not so much for swimming or laying out.

One of the best parts was seeing a beautiful spotted dear with large antlers right when we got to the beach. I was pretty shocked to see it out of no where but it seemed quite at home, there is pretty thick forrest you drive through to get to the beach itself. No pictures but trust me it was very nice and very unlike those seen in the west of the united states.

DI took some but these views don’t show off the blackness of the sand near the water. Some of the ones below show that it’s darker than a typical beach but not the areas of actual black sand.

Here you see the gold course located in the distance on the south end of this beach.

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