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New Maui Web Cam

Maui Hawaii — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:22:52 +0000

Maui has a new web camera, which is pretty exciting for all of us addicted to Maui. It’s attached to the Makena Golf Resort and is owned and operated by Kai Kanani Sailing Charters.

You can see it live here: Makena Web Camera

The camera switches views from multiple locations on an automatic basis. The camera is located in a prime location, high up on the Makena Beach & Golf Resort, which gives it a great number of potential views. These are the views that it is set on right now:

Mooring of the Kai Kanani II
Molokini Crater (Close Up)
Molokini Crater from the Beach
Beach Check in area for the Kai Kanani
Lanai Island
South Maui area (includes Puu Olai and Kahoolawe)
The Beach in front of the Makena Resort
Surf Conditions for Beach Loading (2 views of this)
Maalaea Harbor and West Maui Mountains

Below is an animation showing sceenshots from each view. We know you must think we’re a little crazy about this, but we don’t have that many webcams on the island, and it’s nice to have one that has so many views. it’s like having 10 cameras in 1.

Scuba Diving Maui

Maui Hawaii — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:39:34 +0000

Divers: When visiting Maui, make sure to do a couple of dives. We suggest having ProDiver Maui show you the best locations. For more information, check out their Maui scuba diving page.

A couple of tips: If you plan on diving in Maui, please make sure you don’t go up to Haleakala Crater close to the time because of pressurization. Haleakala goes up to 10,000 feet, so it acts much like a plane flight for divers.

Also, take a look at some Maui Scuba locations on the Maui Information Guide. Have fun and be safe!

Big Beach Maui, Hawaii – Finally Lifeguards!!

Maui Hawaii — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:50:21 +0000

Maui’s Big Beach (Makena Beach) is finally getting lifeguards! Today, over a dozen lifeguards trained near the second entrance as a lifeguard tower was put together.

The dangers at Makena State Park are SERIOUS! The shore break is extremely powerful even when there’s little to no real swell in the water. Incidents of injury and death have become common place on Big Beach. Finally, we’ll have some professionals to take care of the many visitors that are unaware of the dangers. Read more on Big Beach Dangers.

Funding for the lifeguards at Big Beach had been approved back in July of 2007. It’s taken 2-3 years for us to see the reality. Due to impedments from the DLNR (the Department of Land and Natural Resources), it seems that we’ve had to wait this long for action. It’s a shame that this should happen, seeing that many people have been hurt and some killed during their stagnation.

After watching the actions (and inaction) of the DLNR over the last few years especially, it’s fair to say that the interest of Maui residents and visitors are not at heart. Many of their actions bare little effect and only harm the tourist industry and local Maui residents’ way of life. If there ever was a time for reform among the DLNR, it is now.

To our future lifeguards: Thank you for taking on this difficult task. Though you’ll be working pretty hard to keep people from hurting themselves, you will be lucky enough to be the only ones making a living on Big Beach. Not a bad life!

Want more information on Maui Beaches? We’ve got plenty at the Maui Information Guide along with accommodations, activities, and other helpful information for visitors and residents of Maui County.