Makalawena Beach
Makalawena Beach is one of those harder to reach beaches on the Big Island, but unlike most of the...
North Kailua-Kona
Beaches in North Kailua-Kona
Kua Bay (Maniniowali Beach)
Kua Bay Beach is one of the more popular beaches on the North Kona Coast. It has excellent white...
Kiholo Bay & Wainanalii Pond
Kiholo Bay is not a sandy beach destination, however, it should be on your Big Island bucket list. This...
Honokohau Beach at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
Honokohau Beach is a quiet beach in front of Aimakapa Fishpond in Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park. Since you have...
Aiopio Beach & Fish Trap
Ai’opio Beach is a popular spot and an historic place near Kona’s Honokohau Small Boat Harbor. This area is...
Kaloko Fishpond
Kaloko Fishpond is an historic coastal site and ideal hiking destination near Kailua-Kona. The pond and the land around...
Kaelehuluhulu Beach
Ka’elehuluhulu Beach is the easiest beach to get to in the main part of Kekaha Kai State Park (Mahai’ulu...
Makolea Black Sand Beach
Makolea Black Sand Beach is a hidden black sand beach north of Kailua-Kona. It’s hardly known, even though the...
Mahaiula Beach (Red House Beach)
Mahai’ula Beach in Kekaha Kai State Park is better known as Red House Beach by locals. Behind the beach...
Kiholo Black Sand Beach & Campground
Kiholo Black Sand Beach is located next to the campground in Kiholo State Park Preserve. A day-use parking area...
Kiholo Queens Bath
Keanalele Waterhole, better known as Kiholo Queens Bath, is a small freshwater pool inside a lava tube cave at...
Kohanaiki Beach Park (Pine Trees Surfing Beach)
Kohanaiki Beach Park, a.k.a. Pine Trees, is a surfing area named for the trees behind the beach that resemble...
Ooma Beach
O’oma Beach is a relatively new public beach park with access to an excellent shoreline just north of Kailua-Kona....
Wawaloli Beach Park
Wawaloli Beach Park lacks a sandy beach with easy access to the water, but it does have some sand...
Ho’ona Historic Preserve
Ho’ona Historic Preserve is hidden away behind a large industrial park and seldom visited. It’s an archaeological site that...
Keahole Point Shoreline Access
Keahole Point Shoreline Access is missed by almost all tourists and most wouldn’t care. It’s not a beach and...
Keawaiki Bay Beach (Lone Palm Beach)
Keawaiki Bay Beach is a hidden gem that you have to earn with a hot hike through a lava...
Pueo Bay Beach
Pueo Bay Beach is seldom visited as it’s harder to get to than the resort beaches in the area....
Awakee Bay
Awake’e Bay Beach is part of Kekaha Kai State Park, but it doesn’t get the visitation of the sandier...
Kahoiawa Bay
Kahoiawa Bay Beach is a seldom visited spot on the North Kona Coast between Makalawena Beach and Kua Bay....
Ohiki Bay Beach
Ohiki Bay is one of the least visited beaches on the Big Island of Hawaii, and not surprisingly it’s...
Hidden Beach
This is a tiny hidden (and unnamed as far as we can tell) gray sand beach north of Kona....
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Nearby Attractions
Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail
Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail is also known as Kawaihae-Anaehoomalu and is often signed Ala Kahakai Trail. This coastal...
About North Kailua-Kona
North of Kailua-Kona and outside of the four major resorts you'll find many more beaches of all varieties to choose from. Although the resorts of Waikoloa, Mauna Kea, Mauna Lani, and Hualalai all have excellent beaches, there are superb beaches at places like Kekaha Kai State Park, Kiholo State Park Reserve, and Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park. If you want to see many sea turtles then head to Wainanali'i Pond at Kiholo Bay. If you want epic boogie-boarding, try Kua Bay. If you want to swim in ocean water that's so colorful that it's hard to describe, then hike out to Makalawena Beach. North of Kailua you can also find an uncrowded black sand beach, 4x4 trails that lead to hidden spots, an underground swimming hole, and a popular surfing break with "pine trees". Two other unique places near Kailua are inside the national park and are fun to visit, Aiopio Fish Trap Beach and Kaloko Fishpond. If you want to find something out of the ordinary and outside of the resorts, explore the shoreline north of Kailua-Kona.