List of beaches in Hawaii

This is a list of notable Hawaiʻi beaches sorted by island alphabetically, clockwise around each island, listed by beach name followed by location.

Hawaiʻi Island (Big Island)

2005 aerial view of Hapuna Beach, Big Island

Kauai

Some of the beaches found in Kauai are:[1]

Lānaʻi

Maui

See also: South Maui Coastal Heritage Corridor

Molokaʻi

Niʻihau

Trash deposited by the ocean on a windward Niʻihau beach

For the beaches on Niʻihau, Clark lists 12 major beaches while Tava and Keale list 46—some of which are probably colloquial names for smaller beaches in this set:

Oʻahu

North Shore

East Shore

Hanauma Bay

South Shore

West Shore

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Kauai Beach Safety". Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Brennecke's Beach in Poipu - Bodysurfing beaches Kauai".

References

  • Clark, John R. K. (1985). Beaches of The Big Island. Honolulu, Hawaiʻi: University of Hawaiʻi Press. ISBN 0-8248-0976-9.
  • Clark, John R. K. (1990). Beaches of Kauaʻi and Niʻihau. Honolulu, Hawaiʻi: University of Hawaiʻi Press. ISBN 0-8248-1260-3.
  • Clark, John R. K. (1989). The Beaches of Maui County. Honolulu, Hawaiʻi: University of Hawaiʻi Press. ISBN 0-8248-1246-8.
  • Clark, John R. K. (2005). Beaches of Oʻahu (2nd ed.). Honolulu, Hawaiʻi: University of Hawaiʻi Press. ISBN 0-8248-2892-5.
  • Tava, Rerioterai; Moses K. Keale (1998) [1989]. Niihau: The Traditions of a Hawaiian island. Honolulu, Hawaiʻi: Mutual Publishing. ISBN 0-935180-80-X.