The results of our request to find out who is interested in signing up for a Valentine’s Cruise on Feb 17 are in and are very disappointing.  Only 26 people expressed interest.  Since we needed 40 to cover the boat charter cost there will not be a Valentine’s cruise this year.  While we could expect to add a few people who hear about it on the beach, previous beach sign-up numbers indicate that we still would not reach our required numbers.  We want to thank those who responded and want to go on a cruise and we hope that next year we can make it a go.

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"Recently on the Tonight Show, Jay Leno named our own Little Beach in Makena, as the best place in the world to swim naked. (The worst place, he said: the Vatican fountain.) With one of the best views on the island, there are many who would agree—and they go there regularly to experience the freedom of shedding those unnecessary layers on the beautiful secluded beach."        Read complete article here.

Click here for a stunning video view of Little Beach and up the coast thanks to Blue Hawaiian Helicopter Tours and YouTube.

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Update to this article (8/24/07): The signs have finally been put in place on Big Beach and at Black Sand Beach. It only took 5 months. Maui time...

Reprinted from the Maui News -Living up to its name, the Puu olai cinder cone will be posted with signs warning beachgoers to stay clear of the cliffs on the sides of the 360-foot hill towering over Makena State Park.

“We just want people to stay away from the sides,” said Maui District Parks Superintendent Phil Ohta.

The north side of the state park at Oneuli (black sand) Beach was closed on Oct. 26 after a section of the cinder cone collapsed, possibly loosened by the Oct. 15 earthquakes the occurred between Maui and the Big Island.

Ohta said Puu olai, which translates as “earthquake hill,” was considered to be unstable even before the earthquakes.

With the magnitude-6.7 and -6.0 earthquakes having shaken the islands, the state is concerned about an increased threat from pieces of the hill falling without warning. New signs warning people to stay away from the sides of the hill will be posted around it, including along the sandy beach in the bay formed by Puu olai commonly known as little beach.

Puu olai was formed by explosive eruptions that left a mound of compacted cinders as well as sections of solidified lava that now form the arms of the small bay. Ohta said a trail on the south arm of the hill will remain open, but signs will caution beachgoers to stay away from the slopes behind the beach.

He said signs are being made now. When they are posted, the vehicle access to Oneuli Beach will be reopened, Ohta said.