maʻa.laea
nvs. Red color, red ocher color; stained red, as with ocherous earth; red, as earth.
Maalaea (mā'ā-lā'ea):
/ mā'ā-lā'ea /derivation unknown. Bay, Wailuku, Maui.
Māʻalaea
Quadrangle, bay, village, and small boat harbor, Maui isthmus. Southeast of the boat harbor is a fringing reef, south-swell summer surfing area. Adjacent to the jetty is a surfing site known as Māʻalaea Rights. Road, ʻĀlewa, Honolulu. Perhaps a contraction of Maka-ʻalaea (ocherous earth beginning). (Ii 10.)
Māʻalaea
1. Bay, beach, Māʻalaea, Maui. Māʻalaea Bay is an important part of the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Although humpbacks are seen throughout the islands, they concentrate in the waters between the four islands of Maui County, where they calve, nurse, and mate. Māʻalaea Beach is a narrow calcareous sand beach approximately 3 miles long and backed by low dunes at the head of the bay. The northeast end of the beach is also known as Sugar Beach. 2. Small boat harbor, Māʻalaea, Maui. Constructed in 1952. Facilities include eighty-nine berth/moorings, a ramp, a drydock, and a vessel washdown area. 3. Surf site, Māʻalaea, Maui. On the northeast side of the entrance channel to the small boat harbor. The steep, hollow, plunging waves here form one of the longest and fastest rides in Hawaiʻi and possibly in the world. Surfer Magazine (established in 1960) has rated it as one of the ten best waves in the world and the fastest-breaking right in the world. Also known as Māʻalaea Pipeline, Pipeline. 4. U.S. Coast Guard station. On the shore of the small boat harbor. 5. Beach, Hālawa, Molokaʻi. The westernmost of the two beaches in Hālawa Valley that is used as an anchorage and boat launching site. Lit., ocherous earth beginnings. Māʻalaea is a contracted form of Makaʻalaea.
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