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Beaches in Kauai
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Aliomanu Beach
Because of the time change, most visitors to Hawaii awake before... |
Beaches | East Side (Coconut Coast) Kauai |
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Anahola Beach Park
Anahola is known as the most Hawaiian of all communities on Kauai... |
Beaches | East Side (Coconut Coast) Kauai |
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Anini Beach Park
A great family park, Anini features one of the longest and widest... |
Beaches | North Shore Kauai |
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Baby Beach
There aren't many swimming beaches on Kauai's East Side; however... |
Beaches | East Side (Coconut Coast) Kauai |
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Beach House Beach
Don't pack the beach umbrella, beach mats, and cooler for this... |
Beaches | South Shore Kauai |
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Brennecke Beach
Brennecke Beach is synonymous on Kauai with board surfing and... |
Beaches | South Shore Kauai |
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Donkey Beach
This beach has one of the most unusual names of all on Kauai... |
Beaches | East Side (Coconut Coast) Kauai |
Haena Beach Park
This is a drive-up beach park popular with campers year-round... |
Beaches | North Shore Kauai |
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Hanakapiai Beach
If you're not up for the 11-mi haul to Kalalau Beach, then hike... |
Beaches | North Shore Kauai |
Hanalei Bay Beach Park
This 2-mi, crescent beach surrounds a spacious bay that is quintessential... |
Beaches | North Shore Kauai |
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Kahili Beach
You wouldn't know it today, but this beach on Kilauea Bay was... |
Beaches | North Shore Kauai |
Kalalau
This oft-described Garden of Eden awaits the intrepid hiker who... |
Beaches | North Shore Kauai |
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Kalapaki Beach
Five minutes south of the airport in Lihue, you'll find this... |
Beaches | East Side (Coconut Coast) Kauai |
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Kalihiwai Beach
A winding road leads down a cliff face to this picture-perfect... |
Beaches | North Shore Kauai |
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Kauapea Beach
This beach went relatively unknown—except by some intrepid... |
Beaches | North Shore Kauai |
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Kealia Beach
A half-mile long and adjacent to the highway heading north out... |
Beaches | East Side (Coconut Coast) Kauai |
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Kee Beach
Highway 560 on the North Shore literally dead-ends at this beach... |
Beaches | North Shore Kauai |
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Kekaha Beach Park
This is one of the premier spots on Kauai for sunset walks and... |
Beaches | West Side Kauai |
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Keoniloa Beach
Few—except the public relations specialists at the Grand... |
Beaches | South Shore Kauai |
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Kukuiula Small Boat Harbor
This is a great beach to sit and people-watch as diving and fishing... |
Beaches | South Shore Kauai |
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Larsen's Beach
The long, wide fringing reef here is this beach's trademark... |
Beaches | North Shore Kauai |
Lawai Kai
One of the most spectacular beaches on the South Shore is inaccessible... |
Beaches | South Shore Kauai |
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Lucy Wright Beach Park
Named in honor of the first native Hawaiian schoolteacher, this... |
Beaches | West Side Kauai |
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Lumahai Beach
Famous because it's the beach where Nurse Nellie washes that... |
Beaches | North Shore Kauai |
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Lydgate State Park
This is by far the best family beach park on Kauai. The waters... |
Beaches | East Side (Coconut Coast) Kauai |
Mahaulepu Beach
This 2-mi stretch of coast with its sand dunes, limestone hills... |
Beaches | South Shore Kauai |
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Pali Ke Kua Beach
This is actually two very small pocket beaches separated by a... |
Beaches | North Shore Kauai |
Poipu Beach Park
The most popular beach on the South Shore, and perhaps on all... |
Beaches | South Shore Kauai |
Polihale State Park
The longest stretch of beach in Hawaii starts in Kekaha and ends... |
Beaches | West Side Kauai |
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Puu Poa Beach
The coastline along the community of Princeville is primarily... |
Beaches | North Shore Kauai |
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Salt Pond Beach Park
A great family spot, Salt Pond Beach Park features a naturally... |
Beaches | West Side Kauai |
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Wailua Beach
Some say the first Polynesians to migrate to Hawaii landed at... |
Beaches | East Side (Coconut Coast) Kauai |
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Waiohai Beach
The first hotel built in Poipu in 1962 overlooked this beach... |
Beaches | South Shore Kauai |
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