#10 in Top 20 Maui for A Family Holiday · ★★★★
Sheraton Maui Resort and Spa
Black Rock cliff dive ceremony at sunset — Hawaiian cultural family experience.
Black Rock cliff dive ceremony at sunset — Hawaiian cultural family experience.
"Black Rock cliff dive ceremony at sunset — Hawaiian cultural family experience."
Sheraton Maui Resort and Spa sits at the north end of Ka'anapali Beach — the property occupies Pu'u Keka'a (Black Rock), the volcanic-rock promontory that is the most-significant cultural site on the western coast and the location of the daily Cliff Dive Ceremony at sunset. Five hundred and eight rooms across the property, with the working family infrastructure built around the 142-foot Black Rock cliff dive ceremony — every evening at sunset, a torch-lit Hawaiian-cultural performance ends with a single male diver running across Black Rock and diving 50+ feet into the ocean. The ceremony is the working cultural centerpiece of the Ka'anapali family week and is the only daily-recurring Hawaiian-cultural programme of its kind on Maui. The Sheraton's snorkel-from-Black-Rock access is the strongest family-snorkel position on Ka'anapali Beach — the protected reef on the north side of Black Rock holds the most-diverse fish population on the western coast. Keiki Aloha (the kids' club) runs the daily programme; the in-house Cliff Dive Grill and the Lagoon Pool with the children's-feature waterfall are the working family-day spaces. Sheraton Maui is the right pick for the family holiday where the Hawaiian-cultural dimension and the snorkel-from-Black-Rock asset are the working centerpieces.
Black Rock Two-Bedroom Suite (the family-of-four flagship) or Lagoon View Room for the entry-level family option.
Watch the Cliff Dive Ceremony every night at sunset — book a beach-side dinner for the ceremony view. Snorkel from the north side of Black Rock at 7am-9am for the strongest reef-fish encounters. Keiki Aloha kids' club daily.
Sheraton Maui Resort and Spa sits within our broader Top 20 Hotels in Maui for a Family Holiday list. It scored an aggregate 9.5/10 across the three editorial criteria — competitive against the field but, on a family holiday-specific factors, the angle above is what earned its rank. For the alternatives in the same Maui neighbourhood, see Ka'anapali, west coast and adjacent. For a different city entirely, see the related lists below.
If you have already chosen the dates, our editor recommends booking the room twelve weeks ahead. The best suites with the right view orientation go first, and inventory for the popular months is quoted in months, not weeks. Suite-level rooms with private plunge pools or terraces — the ones that earn this rank — are typically the first to sell out.