Beaches in Kauai

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Beaches in Kauai

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