Bump. Anyone swam this?

Not there exactly but did a lot of swimming around the 4 Seasons/Grand Wailea just to the north a few years back, training for a 10K. It does got a little creepy around points and small headlands, also if there is any swelling at all it gets magnified.

Swimming alone in tiger shark land, your head goes to some strange places. Also going to have some boat traffic there, I've dived Pu'u alai from a boat and there are a couple other inshore dive sites there.

If you go from Makena Landing north your transits where there is no exit are shorter.

Yeah, plan was to hug the shore as much as I'm comfortable. That balance between deeper water with tiger sharks or shallow water and risk getting pushed into sharp lava flows.

Do you notice the current much when swimming north? I'm pretty it's a strong south flow, but you have to get offshore a bit to feel it.

I'm pretty comfortable with all of ocean between Keawakapu and Maluaka.. so maybe I'll stick to that. Swimming around Pu'u Olai just seems like an adventure! I think my wife would not be happy if I came back with shark bites...