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Wow, yet another great beach on the north side. Bathrooms and outside showers a perk. Parking fills up fast, come early! I would spend the day, bring food and snacks. Water was quite smooth the day we were here. A must try if you are beaching.
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Date of experience: April 2021
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Great spot, just a short drive away from the North Shore. Highly recommend that you also visit the botanical garden area of the park, and there is a waterfall that you can hike to. Cost is $20 per person (adult) but you will see more foliage and rare plants no where else on the island. …
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Date of experience: February 2021
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Waimea on the North Shore is a great beach. It's got great scenery with (if you're facing the water) local kids jumping off a small cliff on the left into the water and a cliff on the right. Waimea is about 35 minutes from Waikiki and well worth the drive. Lots of locals when we came - it was a Sunday and it seemed like one of the busiest beach days on our trip with families out and about. There is a small busy parking lot. We found a spot with the method of hanging out in the car by the side and asking if people were going to leave and following them to their cars. We also gave up our spot to someone else who asked us when we left. We brought our own food and drinks, laid out the bamboo mat we bought at ABC Stores and hung out here for a couple hours. We saw dolphins way out in the water on this gloriously sunny afternoon and had a good time here. We hit up Kuhio, Waimea, Turtle Bay, Lanikai, Waimanalo and Ko Olina beaches on this trip. Waimea had to be up towards the top of the list.…
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Date of experience: November 2020
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If you want to park in the lot, temporarily park in the no parking zone near the showers. Wait for someone to exit and ask them if you can have their spot as they walk past (then follow them to their car). It’s aggressive but everyone does it. Also, be careful with where you leave your stuff as the tide is coming in — the water tracks farther up than you would expect!…
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Date of experience: September 2020
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Like much of the North Shore, this is a non-commercialized area with a tucked away beach around the bend. It is normally full of huge waves and surfers but the day we drove by was extremely windy (eventually turning into a downpour) so the waves were actually smaller because the wind was blowing against the surf, according to our tour driver.…
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Date of experience: March 2020
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