The Maui News / BRIAN PERRY photo While surf splashes against bulging sand mattresses just a stone’s throw away from a Kahana resort’s eight-story towers, plans to shield them from erosion ...

Sand bags armor the shoreline in Kahana during an afternoon high tide ... estimated to cost between $26 million and $40 million. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo Citing severe coastal erosion ...

a five-minute drive south to the area kingpins—The Whaler and Kaanapali Alii—this dependable condo-hotel is comparable to the similarly dated Aston at Papakea or Sands of Kahana, the latter ...