Beaches on Oahu

Oahu has many accessible white-sand beaches - 139 in all.

South Shore Waikiki

  • Ala Moana Beach - sun bathing and family fun
  • Fort DeRussy Beach - generously shaded with good beach services

North Shore

  • Sunset Beach - famous for winter surf
  • Ehukai Beach - body surfing and nearby the Banzai Pipeline surf tube
  • Three Tables at Pupukea - great for snorkeling
  • Waimea Bay - known for big-wave winter surf
  • Mokuleia - the only developed public section of an ironwood-lined stretch of the north shore beach
  • Kaena Point - nature preserve

Windward Oahu

  • Kailua Beach - two miles of white-sand beach
  • Kahana - a breathtaking bay at the mouth of a river, between Kaawa and Punaluu

East Oahu

  • Sandy Beach - popular for sunbathing and body surfing
  • Hanauma Bay - located in Koko Head Regional Park
  • Makapuu - body surfing at the easternmost point of Oahu
  • Waimanalo Beach - 3 1/2 miles long and the longest continuous beach on Oahu

West Oahu

  • Makua Beach
  • Makaha Beach
  • Pokai Bay
  • Nanakuli Beach
  • Ko Olina Resort - by Ihilani, four man-made beaches