Waimea is a common place name in Hawaii and New Zealand. In Hawaiian, it means reddish water; in Māori it means forgotten or hidden stream. It may refer to:
Geographic features and towns Hawaii, United States Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii, (Big Island; post office name "Kamuela") Waimea–Kohala Airport, Hawaii County Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii Waimea Bay, Oahu Waimea Canyon State Park, Kauai Waimea Ditch, Kauai Waimea River (Kauai) Waimea River (Oahu) Waimea Valley, Oahu
New Zealand Waimea Inlet, Tasman Bay Waimea Plain (Southland) Waimea Plains (Tasman) Waimea (electorate), historic electorate Waimea-Picton, historic electorate Waimea-Sounds (electorate), historic electorate Waimea County, historic local government authority Waimea River (Southland) Waimea River (Tasman)
Schools Waimea College, Richmond, Tasman, New Zealand Waimea High School, Kauai, Hawaii Waimea Intermediate, Richmond, Tasman, New Zealand
Flora and fauna Perrottetia sandwicensis (common name waimea or olomea), a shrub in the genus Perrottetia native to Hawaii Waimea pipturus, a Hawaiian flowering nettle Waimea phyllostegia, a Hawaiian species of mint
Other Archdeacon of Waimea, an ecclesiastical post in New Zealand Waimea House, a historic residence in Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia Waimea Plains Railway, Southland, New Zealand