Wailea–Makena Condominium Guide
Polo Beach Club Condos
A private, eight-story oceanfront condominium building directly on Polo Beach at the southern edge of Wailea, offering 71 spacious two-bedroom residences, hotel zoning, vacation-rental eligibility, elevator access, underground parking, and immediate access to one of South Maui’s most desirable beachfront settings.
Polo Beach Club Condos for Sale
Polo Beach Club at a Glance
Polo Beach Club is a distinctive oceanfront condominium community located directly on Polo Beach at the southern end of the Wailea resort coastline. Unlike Wailea’s larger low-rise developments, the property consists of one eight-story building containing only 71 residences.
The property occupies approximately 2.35 acres and was completed in 1981 using concrete and hollow-tile construction. Residences were primarily designed around two-bedroom configurations, and the vertical building design gives many units elevated ocean, beach, sunset, outer-island, and coastline views.
Polo Beach Club occupies an unusual position in the South Maui market. Its mailing address is associated with Makena, but the property is part of the private Wailea master-planned community. Owners are therefore responsible for both Polo Beach Club condominium expenses and separate Wailea Community Association assessments.
The property is H-M Hotel zoned and currently permits short-term vacation rentals. This may provide flexibility for second-home owners and rental buyers, although revenue, expenses, management arrangements, owner use, and performance vary by residence.
Its defining combination is direct beachfront access, limited inventory, elevated views, elevators, covered parking, and proximity to both Wailea’s resort amenities and Makena’s less-developed coastline.
Where Wailea and Makena Meet
Polo Beach Club sits at the physical and administrative transition between Wailea and Makena. The property has a Makena address, but it is connected to the Wailea master-planned resort community and is subject to the Wailea Community Association.
This creates two separate layers of recurring community expense:
- Polo Beach Club Association of Apartment Owners maintenance fees
- Wailea Community Association assessments
These charges fund different responsibilities and should not be treated as one combined fee unless current resale documents specifically present them that way.
The Polo Beach Club AOAO generally addresses the condominium building, common areas, insurance, amenities, maintenance, staffing, management, reserves, and project-level capital work.
The Wailea Community Association oversees broader community responsibilities such as landscaped roadways, community standards, signage, design oversight, security or community services, planning, reserves, and other master-association functions.
Two separate association obligations
Buying at Polo Beach Club may involve both complex-level maintenance fees and Wailea Community Association assessments. Buyers should request the current amount, payment schedule, inclusions, reserves, delinquency information, anticipated increases, and special assessments for both organizations.
WCA assessments have historically been billed semiannually, with payments due in January and July. Verify the current amount and schedule for the applicable assessment year.
The Appeal
Why Buyers Consider Polo Beach Club
Direct Polo Beach Frontage
The building sits directly beside Polo Beach, allowing residents and guests to reach the sand without crossing a public road.
Elevated Ocean Views
The eight-story design creates elevated views uncommon among Wailea and Makena’s predominantly low-rise condominium communities. View quality varies by floor, position, landscaping, and neighboring structures.
Hotel Zoning and Rental Flexibility
Polo Beach Club is H-M Hotel zoned and currently permits short-term vacation rentals, which may appeal to buyers combining personal use with rental activity.
Wailea Resort Access
Although the address is associated with Makena, the property is connected to Wailea and is near resort dining, golf, spas, shopping, beaches, and the Wailea Beach Path.
Limited Inventory
Only 71 residences exist. Units differ significantly in floor, view, renovation, furnishings, rental history, parking, storage, and interior condition.
One of the Early Landmarks of the Wailea–Makena Coastline
Completed in 1981, Polo Beach Club was among the earlier condominium developments built along the southern Wailea and Makena coastline. Its design reflects a different development era from the low-rise villa communities found throughout much of Wailea.
Rather than distributing residences across multiple buildings and landscaped grounds, Polo Beach Club concentrates 71 residences into one oceanfront structure. This creates a compact footprint, elevator access, covered parking, and elevated views from many units.
Nearby Landmarks
- Polo Beach Club
- Polo Beach
- Polo Beach Park
- Fairmont Kea Lani
- Wailea Beach
- Wailea Beach Path
- The Shops at Wailea
- Wailea Golf Club
- Makena Surf
- Poʻolenalena Beach
- Makena Landing
- Mākena State Park
Directly on Polo Beach
Polo Beach Club is positioned directly beside Polo Beach, a sandy crescent at the southern end of Wailea. The beach is bordered by Polo Beach Club and the Fairmont Kea Lani resort area, placing owners near resort amenities while maintaining immediate shoreline access.
During favorable conditions, Polo Beach is used for swimming, snorkeling, paddling, sunbathing, sunset viewing, and seasonal whale watching. Conditions can change with wind, swell, tide, shorebreak, and season. Users should observe current warnings and ocean conditions.
Nearby Polo Beach Park provides public parking, restrooms, showers, picnic facilities, and barbecue areas. These public amenities are separate from Polo Beach Club’s condominium facilities.
The property is near the southern end of the Wailea Beach Path, providing coastal pedestrian access through much of the resort area. Exact route continuity and accessibility should be confirmed on-site.
Wailea Convenience, Makena Positioning
Polo Beach Club gives owners access to two connected but different South Maui environments.
To the north, Wailea offers resort hotels, destination restaurants, spas, golf, shopping, landscaped roads, and the coastal walking path.
To the south, Makena becomes less dense and more open, with beaches, shoreline recreation, conservation areas, and fewer commercial developments.
Polo Beach Club sits at the transition, offering a beachfront residence near Wailea’s services without being positioned in the center of the busiest resort area.
Potential Lifestyle Benefits
- Direct beach access
- Resort-area dining and recreation
- Coastal walking
- Elevator access
- A contained single-building community
- Vacation-rental flexibility
- Sunset and outer-island views
- Convenient driving access to Makena beaches
- A quieter position at Wailea’s southern end
A Single Eight-Story Oceanfront Building
All 71 residences are contained within one eight-story building. This vertical design creates ownership considerations that differ from low-rise condominium campuses.
Higher floors may offer:
- • Wider ocean views
- • Greater elevation above the beach
- • Increased privacy
- • Broader sunset and outer-island sightlines
- • Less direct exposure to activity near the pool and grounds
Lower floors may offer:
- • Faster access to the beach and pool
- • Less elevator dependence
- • A closer relationship to landscaping and shoreline
- • Easier movement between the residence and common areas
At Polo Beach Club, floor and stack matter
A high-floor and lower-floor residence with similar interiors may have substantially different views, convenience, exposure, rental appeal, and market value.
Polo Beach Club Residence Sizes and Configurations
Polo Beach Club consists primarily of two-bedroom, two-bathroom residences. Although the bedroom format is relatively consistent, units can vary in interior size, lanai design, renovation, furnishings, view, parking, storage, and legal configuration.
Typical configuration: 2 bedrooms
Typical bathrooms: 2
Total residences: 71
Interior square footage: Verify by unit
Private lanai: Commonly present
Ocean view: Varies by floor and position
Historical floor-plan information is provided as a reference. Legal bedroom count, bathroom count, interior area, lanai area, parking, storage, and unit boundaries must be verified through current condominium maps, title records, tax records, permits, and the specific MLS listing.
Inside Polo Beach Club Residences
- Two bedrooms
- Two bathrooms in many or most units
- Private lanai
- Full kitchen
- Dishwasher
- Refrigerator
- Range and oven
- Microwave in many units
- In-unit washer and dryer
- Air conditioning
- Ocean and sunset views from many residences
- Assigned or deeded parking, subject to unit documents
- Storage associated with some units
Residences are individually owned. Finishes, appliances, furnishings, air-conditioning systems, windows, doors, flooring, accessibility, renovation quality, and included personal property vary by unit.
Polo Beach Club Amenities
Ocean & Pool
- Direct access to Polo Beach
- Oceanfront swimming pool
- Hot tub or spa
- Poolside lounging areas
- Beach-access pathway
Outdoor Living
- Community barbecue facilities
- Landscaped common areas
- Herb garden (per current sources)
- Oceanfront gathering areas
- Sunset-viewing opportunities
Access & Convenience
- Elevators
- Underground or covered parking
- Shared garage configuration
- Storage
- In-unit washer and dryer
Security & Management
- Security guard
- Professional property management
- Building and common-area oversight
Amenity hours, security staffing, parking rules, guest access, barbecue policies, pool rules, storage, and common-area privileges are controlled by the association and may change.
Complete Property Details
General Information
Historical records and online sources use more than one address format for Polo Beach Club. Buyers and service providers should use the legal address and unit designation contained in current title, tax, condominium, and association records.
Pet Information
Verify number, weight, size limits, registration, and restrictions. Service and assistance animals are governed separately under applicable law.
Rental & Use
Parking and Storage
Type: Shared underground or covered garage. Assigned parking and guest parking vary by unit.
Association Services
Current property information identifies:
- • Electricity: Not association paid
- • Internet: Association paid
- • Phone: Association paid
- • Cable: Association paid
- • Garbage: Association paid
- • Water: Association paid
- • Sewer: Association paid
Utility inclusions may change based on budgets, contracts, metering, and owner upgrades. Confirm all inclusions in the current budget and resale certificate.
Vacation-Rental Ownership at Polo Beach Club
Polo Beach Club is commonly considered by buyers seeking legal short-term vacation-rental potential. It is H-M Hotel zoned and currently participates in the visitor-accommodation market.
Eligibility does not guarantee equal financial performance. Results vary according to floor, view, renovation, furnishings, air conditioning, lanai experience, photography, reviews, management, pricing, seasonality, owner use, minimum stays, taxes, insurance, AOAO fees, WCA assessments, maintenance, cleaning, booking costs, capital work, and reserves.
Projected returns should always be evaluated with clear assumptions, expenses, owner-use periods, and the source of revenue data.
What to Investigate Before Buying
Building Insurance
Review master coverage, hurricane protection, flood considerations, deductibles, exclusions, water damage, loss-assessment exposure, and HO-6 requirements.
Elevators & Shared Systems
Review elevator maintenance and modernization, plumbing, electrical, fire safety, waterproofing, mechanical systems, reserves, and expected replacement costs.
Coastal Exposure
Investigate salt, moisture, wind, ultraviolet exposure, concrete repair, spalling, corrosion, waterproofing, railings, paint, windows, doors, roof, drainage, and garage conditions.
Association Reserves
Review reserves, funding assumptions, recent projects, pending work, owner delinquencies, litigation, and special assessments.
Unit Renovation
Confirm permits and approvals for kitchens, baths, flooring, windows, doors, air conditioning, plumbing, electrical work, lanai modifications, and structural changes.
Rental Operations
Review actual unit statements and separate gross revenue from management, taxes, cleaning, repairs, utilities, owner use, supplies, assessments, and replacement expenses.
Dual Association Expenses
Calculate both Polo Beach Club AOAO fees and WCA assessments.
Floor and Position
Evaluate elevation, views, sun, wind, elevators, pool noise, beach activity, garage access, storage, mechanical areas, neighbors, and evacuation considerations.
Questions to Ask About an Eight-Story Oceanfront Condominium
- When were elevators last modernized?
- Are elevator projects planned?
- How many elevators serve the building?
- What occurs during maintenance or outages?
- Is emergency power available, and what does it serve?
- What fire-safety systems are installed?
- Have plumbing stacks or supply lines been replaced?
- Have windows and sliding doors been replaced?
- Who is responsible for windows and doors?
- Have concrete-spalling or structural projects occurred?
- Are waterproofing issues known?
- What is the roof history?
- Are garage repairs planned?
- How are water-intrusion claims handled?
- What flood requirements apply?
- What are the master-policy deductibles?
- Are special assessments planned?
- What soundproofing or flooring rules apply?
- What contractor rules and work hours apply?
- Are building-wide shutoffs or unit-access requirements common?
- What parking and storage rights transfer?
Is Polo Beach Club the Right Fit?
Potential Advantages
- • Direct oceanfront Polo Beach location
- • Immediate beach access
- • H-M Hotel zoning
- • Vacation rentals allowed
- • Only 71 residences
- • Single-building layout
- • Elevators
- • Underground or covered parking
- • Pool and hot tub
- • Community barbecues
- • Private lanais
- • Primarily two-bedroom layouts
- • Ocean and sunset views from many units
- • Near the Wailea Beach Path
- • Near Wailea dining, golf, spas, and shopping
- • Part of the Wailea community
- • Pets allowed according to updated data
- • Concrete and hollow-tile construction
Potential Tradeoffs
- • Separate WCA assessments
- • Potentially substantial condominium fees
- • Major shared building systems
- • Oceanfront insurance and maintenance exposure
- • Salt and moisture exposure
- • Limited inventory
- • No on-site fitness center
- • No on-site tennis or pickleball
- • No private enclosed garage for each unit
- • No private-lanai BBQs according to updated data
- • Variable rental results
- • Wide variation in interior condition
- • Elevator dependence on upper floors
- • Pool or beach activity near lower floors
- • Short-term visitor turnover
- • Conflicting historical address references
- • Detailed pet restrictions
- • Wailea obligations despite a Makena address
Polo Beach Club Sales and Market Activity
Polo Beach Club values should not be evaluated using price per square foot alone. Floor, view corridor, renovation, lanai orientation, furnishings, rental history, parking, storage, and condition can create meaningful differences between similar two-bedroom residences.
Frequently Asked Questions
Selling a Polo Beach Club Residence
Because most Polo Beach Club residences share a similar bedroom format, successful positioning depends on clearly showing what makes a specific unit different.
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Polo Beach Club offers a rare combination of beachfront luxury, vacation-rental flexibility, and a central location near Wailea's finest amenities.
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Property information is compiled from updated Real Maui Life research, association materials, Wailea Community Association information, public records, MLS data, property-management sources, historical condominium guides, and other sources believed to be reliable. Information may change and is not guaranteed. Buyers and sellers should independently verify addresses, zoning, vacation-rental eligibility, pet rules, unit counts, square footage, parking, storage, maintenance fees, Wailea Community Association assessments, special assessments, insurance, utilities, financing eligibility, accessibility, rental performance, and all condominium and community rules before making a real estate decision.