The whole family is sure to have a great time. Just make sure to wear sunscreen, go out in calm sunny conditions, and supervise your kids. The one located in North and South Maui are around an hour from our West Maui accommodations, but the experience is worth the journey. Mayflower Beach (Dennis) - Another wide sandy beach on Cape Cod Bay, Mayflower Beach offers easily accessible tide pools at low tide. Those are the island favorites when it comes to tide pools. This is the best place to park for access to Mokapu, because it's bigger than Keawakapu's lot to the north. The tide pools of its southern end are located at the edge of Ulua Beach, which provides a large parking lot. Both ends are broken by rocky tidepool areas that anchor some beautiful reefs all around. Mokapu Beach - Nestled between Keawakapu and Ulua beaches, Mokapu is smaller than the former, but bigger than the latter. If you keep walking south, you'll find Mokapu Beach, which is next on the list. These can be fairly well submerged at high tide, but at low tide, there are plenty of little pools and sheltered areas for your little ones. Keawakapu Beach - When you arrive on this expansive stretch of sand, you'll find the tide pools at the southern end, which is closest to the parking lot. It can get windy in the afternoon, so aim to arrive early. This placid lagoon is a family favorite, and the rocky end is home to a myriad of marine species, including some rather colorful varieties. It's on the list because of the vibrant array of marine life it holds.īaby Beach - This one is marvelously sheltered by a sea wall that blocks the waves very well, especially at low tide. It's more like a swimming pool carved from the rock. This spot is best suited to older kids who are confident swimmers. Olivine Pools - You can find this gem in Kapalua off Honoapi'ilani Highway. The tide pools themselves are well-guarded, extensive and home to a nice array of marine life. The area is relatively sheltered from wave action, making it calm most of the time. Napili Bay - This beach features some fantastic tide pools at its south end. All that's left now is for you to know where the best spots are. Aim for low tide times if you want the safest, mildest wave action, and always keep in mind that conditions are calmer the earlier you go out. Observing all the miniature marine life that dwells in the pools can be fascinating, as long as you make sure not to disturb or step on them, especially urchins. Many of the island's nice tide pool spots have nice little sandy areas for wading with little to no wave action, which young children appreciate. If you can climb to the top of Elephant Rock, you have a good chance of seeing migrating whales if you go this month.Tide pool exploration can be a fun, educational experience, especially if you're on a family vacation to Maui and you have curious kids. Make sure you go at a minus tide for best viewing. The tidepools at McClure's are around the southernmost point of the beach. If you were going to spend the day in the Seashore, there are some great tidepools at McClure's Beach that would be a shorter drive to get to. The trail to the beach is kind of obscured by the vegetation but it drops fairly gently down the ravine behind the cliffs above the beach.ĭuxbury Reef is close by and a little easier to reach and I think is a better spot for tidepooling.īoth Palomarin and Duxbury Reef are accessed by a road from Bolinas and are not near any of the main roads in the National Seashore.
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