MAUI POINTS OF VIEW - The Ezine of Art & Life on Maui, The Valley Isle

Early morning light casts long shadows across Baldwin Beach.

Running along the North Shore of Maui, beginning in Kahului, is a succession of white sand beaches and beach parks that extends for some seven miles along the coast.
Some are notable for their ammenities, and draw large numbers of the local people who have visited the beaches for generations. Others draw specialized crowds, attracted by the "conditions" suitable for windsurfing or kiteboarding or good ol' surfing, the Hawaiian Sport of Kings..
We're not going to present them in any order in particular, just as our thoughts flow. A strean of beach consciousness, if you will allow.

One of the most beautiful beaches is Fada Jules, as it was known in the old days, named after a popular priest Father Jules Papa. Now it's just called Ku'au Cove, and it's a popular spot for families with kids because the coral forms a wall in the ocean and creates a rather large sheltered pool. Behind the beach you'll find a coconut grove fronting the popular Maui restaurant, Mama's Fish House. Rather a must, I'm afraid. It's got the best atmosphere, bar none, and the food is really top-notch, too.

Just beyond Fada Jules is the final beach in the string, Ho'okipa Beach. The eastern end of the bay, near Ho'okipa Point offers a couple of popular surfing spots, and on the western end of the bay by Hamakuapoko (H-poko) Point the wind fills in making the conditions peerless for windsurfing: the close proximity of the waves as they break on the coral reef just off shore and the steady, even gusty tradewinds. It's no wonder it's one of the world's windsurfing Mecca's.

Further west toward Kahului is an area called Sprecklesville after Karl Spreckles, the sugar magnate. A few local residents who windsurfed knew of a little sandy beach along Stable Road and back in 1985 and 1986 started to go there to avoid the crowded scene that had developed at Kanaha. It, too, offers superior conditions, though the waves are further out, and quickly became widely popular. Especially among the many young Europeans.

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