Polo Beach in Wailea, Kihei

Besides Launiopoko my family and I often go to Polo Beach in Wailea, Kihei. It's about a 15 minute drive from Kahului where we live. Yesterday, we had the best time barbecuing shortribs in the pouring rain! Well, the rain actually stopped just long enough for us to barbecue our short ribs and mussels. You should've seen the tourist! They were looking at us like we were crazy! And we were! Crazy having fun!

At Polo Beach there is a cove where Honu's (Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles) often frolic and eat. My children and I gravitate towards that area and sometimes spend almost our whole time at the beach watching the Honu's.

Polo Beach has a picnic area up top with barbecue pits but no pavilions. There's a bathroom, it's pretty clean, smells a lot like cleaning stuff but at least it's clean. There's a shower outside and they just changed the fixtures so it's really nice and the water pressure is much better too.

People who come to Polo Beach love to either body board or body surf. It's fun to watch tourist who come from a place where there's no surf. They ride a wave and they are so happy and it's just fun to watch.