Hawaii Vacations - Oahu Beaches

Oahu has many accessible white-sand beaches - 139 in all - including world-famous Waikiki Beach.

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

Main Photo: Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) / Tor Johnson