Ulua Beach Park — Attraction in Maui

Ulua beach is located in Wailea. It is one of the few beaches from the Maui’s west coast were you have a chance to find a parking place in the free parking area near the right side of the beach. I think that this beach is usually used by the tourists that live in the big condos complex nearby having their cars parked in front of the condos. The beach is long (300 meters) and large enough so it is not crowded. The right side is very good for snorkeling but when there are no waves. There is an extended reef about 100 m off the shore, but the water over the reef is shallow and snorkeling could be dangerous even were the waves do not appear to be too big. Also there is a traverse current pushing you to the right towards the emerged rocks that are limiting the right side of Ulua beach. In that day there were disturbing waves so we tried to snorkel only on the left side of the reef were the water was deep enough. We had two rounds of snorkeling (about 2.5 hours in total) but we struggled al the time against the lateral pushing current and it is not quite a peaceful snorkel time. Also the water was not very clear. Not so many fish but an interesting underwater landscape. On my snorkeling marking scale in that day the score for Ulua Beach were 4 from a maximum of 5 point. In good weather conditions it cut be a 4.5...

This was a great beach to snorkel, however the water was kind of cloudy. Thus meaning you couldn't see anything far away from you. When you're snorkeling, you can see fish, sea urchins, etc. In the other reviews, a lot of people said they saw turtles, however I did not. I saw one swimming, but not when I was snorkeling. In some of the other reviews, I read that this is a good beach for boogie boarding, but when I was there, the waves weren't very big so it wasn't great for that, but it was fun for swimming. The sand is super soft here and the water is a really pretty blue color. There is a restroom and rinsing area at the top of the stairs. It looked like any of the stairs you go up all lead to the bathroom and shower. Overall, this was a pretty nice beach, but (at least when I was there) wasn't great for snorkeling or...

Ulua Beach is an excellent place to snorkel on Maui. We've tried many of the different places over the years ( Black Rock, Ahihi, Turtle Town, Airport Beach, Po'olenalena, MM14, Charley Young Beach, Kam 1-3 and others); Ulua beach is our new favorite. As shown in the picture, there is a large reef ( red circle ) to snorkel along with a distinct edge / drop off where you can see tons of coral, fish, sea urchins ( black, red, zebra striped ) as well as turtles with some regularity. There is public parking ( blue and purple lines ), clean bathrooms, and a nice outdoor shower for rinsing off the salt water. If you are in the Kihei or Wailea area and want to snorkel, this is a great...