Hawaii Beach Vacations

Hawaii Beach Travel Guide

• Hawaii Overview
• Hawaii Hotels
• Hawaii Attractions
• Hawaii Feature Articles
• Hawaii Vacation Rentals

Other Guides for Hawaii

Active and Adventure Guide
• Biking
• Hiking and Backpacking
• Paddling
• Beach Guide
  • Kiteboarding
  • Scuba Diving
  • Snorkeling
  • Surfing
  • Windsurfing
• Family Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Camping
  • Nature

Top Beach Destinations In Hawaii

• Maui, HI
  
• Oahu, HI
  
• Big Island, HI
  
• Kauai, HI
  
• Kihei, HI
  
• Lanai, HI
  
• Molokai, HI
  

Travel Guides In Hawaii

• Maui, HI
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Family Guide
• Oahu, HI
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Family Guide
• Big Island, HI
  • Family Guide
• Kauai, HI
  • Family Guide
• Haleakala National Park, HI
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, HI
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Kona Coast (Kekaha Kai) State Park, HI
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Molokai, HI
  • Active and Adventure Guide

Pacific Coast Beach States/Provinces

• Alaska
• California
• Hawaii
• Oregon
• Washington

Beach Travel Destinations

• United States
  • Mid-Atlantic
  • Mountain West
  • Northeast
  • Pacific Coast
  • Southeast
• Caribbean
  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Aruba
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Grenada
  • Jamaica
  • Netherlands Antilles
  • Puerto Rico
  • St. Kitts and Nevis
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Turks and Caicos
  • U.S. Virgin Islands
• Central America
  • Belize
  • Costa Rica
  • Honduras
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
• Mexico
  • Baja
  • Central Mexico
  • Gulf Coast
  • Northern Mexico
  • Southern Mexico
  • Yucatán

Waikiki Beach, Oahu (Joe Solem/courtesy, Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau)

Top Hawaii Beach Destinations

• Big Island
• Kauai
• Lanai
• Maui
• Molokai
• Oahu

Photos

Feature Articles

• Holoholo Hawaii
  outside
  You'll hit more surf than pavement on this 250-mile pleasure drive around the Big Island
• Tropical Escapes
  Oahu, Costa Rica and St. Kitts
• Captain Cook Never Sailed Here
  outside
  The Forbidden Island, Niihau
• Total Immersion
  outside
  One family's 18-month (and counting) Hawaiian Hiatus
• The Lazy, Crazy Guide to Sand Land
  outside
  Where to Surf, Hike, Dive, Fish, Shop, Eat, Drink, Dance, Sleep, and Kick Back

Trip Ideas

• Ten Delicious Places to Dip into Diving
  Kona, Hawaii: Polynesian Diving
• Best Sunset: Polihale State Park (Hawaii)
  America's Best Beaches

Practical Advice

• A Diving Primer
  
• A Sailing Primer
  Sail through the planning of a windswept vacation
• Windsurfing: A Primer
  How to Hit the Water and Ride the Wind, and What to Bring Along When You Go
• The Bareboat Way of Knowledge
  outside
  Learning to become the captain of your own fate.
• The Pool Is Open
  Think of yourself as an intrepid, globe-trotting traveler that’s been everywhere—and then some? Unless you’re certified to scuba dive, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

GORPTravel Trips

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  Hawaiian Seascapes
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  from $3995, 8 days
  We are proud to introduce yacht adventures in America's very own paradise, the Hawaiian Islands. This unique six-island itinerary allows you to...
  
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  Hiking Hills, Swimming Seas - Kauai
  Sierra Club Outings
  from $1295, 9 days
  Kauai is Hawaii's most mature main island, with beaches nestled comfortably below cliffs (pali) that tower almost straight up out of the ocean, and...
  
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  Under Hawaiian Skies - Big Island Adventure
  Sierra Club Outings
  from $1595, 9 days
  Treat yourself to a trip that includes evenings filled with stars and days filled with hiking, swimming, or snorkeling on the Big Island of Hawaii....
  

Gear

• Diving Fin Innovations
  outside
  Maiden voyage of the man-fish
• O'Neill's Psychofreak boardshorts
  outside
• Surfing
  outside
  Get dialed for summer's coolest sport
• Complete Gear Archives: Surfing
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things surfing.
• Women’s Beach Gear Essentials
  outside
  

Fitness

• The Move
  outside
  Catch a wave with tips from pro surfer Damien Hobgood
• Fit to Surf
  outside
  
• Sunbrellas Chemical-Free Sun Block SPF 30+
  
• Good Day, Sunshine
  outside
  Embrace the summer sun with an intelligent skin-protection strategy
• Is surfing a good workout?
  outside

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Attractions

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Hotels

The Lodge at Molokai Ranch
100 Maunaloa Highway
Maunaloa, HI Map

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FOUR SEASONS LANAI MANELE BAY
1 Manele Bay Road
Lanai City, HI 96763 Map

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Four Seasons Lanai, The Lodge at Koele
1 Keomoku Highway
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