Keawakapu Beach, White sand beach in Kihei, Maui, United States.

Keawakapu Beach is a sandy beach in Kihei, on the southwestern shore of Maui, Hawaii, in Maui County. It lies about 7,700 km southwest of Washington, D.C., facing the sea. The local climate is dry, with an average temperature of 20 °C, reaching about 22 °C in August and dropping to around 17 °C in February; annual rainfall is roughly 217 mm, heaviest in March.

The name Keawakapu comes from Hawaiian: ke awa kapu, "the forbidden landing" or "forbidden cove", a place where canoes were not allowed to come ashore. The beach lies in the Kihei district on the southwestern coast of Maui, in Maui County, Hawaii, about 7,700 km southwest of Washington, D.C. The area has an arid climate, with average temperatures around 20 °C and most rain falling between March and August.

The name Keawakapu comes from Hawaiian: ke awa kapu, "the forbidden landing" or restricted cove, a place kept under the kapu system and not settled. Visitors today walk a long white-sand strand in Kihei on Maui's southwest shore, where the sand is periodically stripped by storms and rebuilt by currents.

Keawakapu Beach lies at the end of Kihei Road, south of the Wailea resorts, and is reached by three small parking areas off South Kihei Road, one at each end and one mid-beach. Showers and restrooms stand at the access points. The sand slopes gently into the water, and the beach is long enough to walk between the parking areas.

Strong storms can wash away sand from the shore, but natural ocean currents reliably restore it over the following months. This natural cycle keeps the beach continuously renewing itself without needing human intervention.