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iamq Oct 9th, 2008 05:06 AM

Post your top Hawaiian beaches here!
 
This hasn't been done in a long time and I need to get out of a funk, so here goes...

1. Makua (Tunnels) Beach on Kauai
2. Big Beach (Makena) on Maui
3. Hanalei Bay on Kauai


hpeabody Oct 9th, 2008 05:19 AM

Kaanapali, Maui

Fletcher State Beach, Maui

Poipu, Kauai

beachgirl86 Oct 9th, 2008 05:19 AM

Hapuna Beach on BI
Lanikai on Oahu
Kapalua on Maui

AnnMarie_C Oct 9th, 2008 05:58 AM

Waimea Bay, North Shore Oahu
Polihale, Kauai
Lahaina, Maui

Miramar Oct 9th, 2008 06:04 AM

Ke'e on Kauai
Sunset on Oahu

Carp Oct 9th, 2008 06:31 AM

Big Beach in Makena (Maui)! Wish I was there right now!!!

JohnD Oct 9th, 2008 06:57 AM

Kauna`oa
Ke`e
Polihua
Ulua
Halawa
Hanauma

sunbum1944 Oct 9th, 2008 07:55 AM

Bellows - Oahu

bfrac Oct 9th, 2008 08:35 AM

Since we only go to the Big Island...
Hapuna

volcanogirl Oct 9th, 2008 09:31 AM

Hapuna
Tunnels
Ke'e
Poipu

traveljunkie28 Oct 9th, 2008 10:09 AM

Hapuna Beach on the Big Island. Lots of fun!

anna_roz Oct 9th, 2008 10:48 AM

Mahaulepu
Poipu Beach
Anini

all on Kauai.

iamq Oct 9th, 2008 11:01 AM

The funk is subsiding...thanks for the dose of aloha!

Hamoa on Maui

suze Oct 9th, 2008 11:23 AM

Waikiki ;-)

LindaLa Oct 9th, 2008 11:46 AM

Big Beach - Maui (I'm looking at a photo of it right now as I sit at my desk)
Waikiki (I can picture it my head -the view from the 27th floor of the Sheraton overlooking Diamond Head)
Hamoa Beach - Maui - just breathtaking - although it was too rough to swim the day we visited
Mokule'ia - North Shore Oahu - just beautiful- Loved riding down Farrington Road.

JohnD Oct 9th, 2008 11:58 AM

:? Wonder what those Fodorites on the "Hawaii Forum" would choose... ((?))

dusty56438 Oct 9th, 2008 12:51 PM

Waimea Bay
Kailua
Lanikai
Waimanal Bay Recreation area

All on Oahu

travelinandgolfin Oct 9th, 2008 12:52 PM

*Hapuna (BI. Not the beach exactly, but the grassy overlook on that one point overlooking the ocean.)
*Mauna Lani (BI. Section just across the fishponds. Granted, not a lot of sand, but just a lot of good memories).
*White Plains (Oahu).



MBnancy Oct 9th, 2008 01:02 PM

Any beach on Kauai!!!

trippinkpj Oct 9th, 2008 02:55 PM

Makena Beach and Hookipa beach on Maui.

andrews98682 Oct 9th, 2008 03:32 PM

Hanauma Bay
Lanikai
Waikiki
Sunset Beach
Kaanapali Beach

gyppielou Oct 9th, 2008 03:44 PM

According to legal council this thread could be construed as beach advertisement. Therefore I have been advised to decline mentioning quiet beautiful beaches often overlooked by the masses as well as beaches frequently visited by blue book holders on a 10 minute treasure hunt of must seize.

That said, I like the dog barking, shhhh, dont' tell the red sand, polifryfish, wash that man right outta my little makarena manelebellie, hippie beach crossing delancy to get to my little cave,save the hound from the surf beaches, the very best.

hulajake Oct 9th, 2008 03:54 PM

In no particular order
Kekaha Beach - goes forever
Polihale - best view
Poipu
Pounders
Waimea
Mokuleia
Kailua/Lanikai
Punalu'u
Waikiki


gyppielou Oct 9th, 2008 03:56 PM

mrlou's fave beach is....

Omerta Beach on the Hellhole.

ms_go Oct 9th, 2008 03:59 PM

I, too, like Makena and Big Beach on Maui.

Also really liked 20-mile beach on Molokai--mostly because it was so quiet:
http://travel.webshots.com/photo/112...53249937aeiJCy

wtm003 Oct 9th, 2008 05:43 PM

Hapuna
Waimea Bay
Poipu

Sunnyshine Oct 9th, 2008 07:56 PM

I just came home from here yesterday....

Ka'anapali (Maui)

....wishing I didn't have to come back home (life with kids returned too fast!)

andrew8 Oct 9th, 2008 10:39 PM

Topping

lisa31jane Oct 10th, 2008 12:28 AM

We just returned from a week on Oahu and I can't get enough of Lanikai beach...

KarinNp Oct 10th, 2008 06:15 AM

Which ever Hawaiian Beach I happen to be on, wish it was now.

"Nurse Beach", Kauai.

Poipu, Kauai.

Barking Sands, Kauai.

volcanogirl Oct 10th, 2008 06:56 AM

Can someone help me out with the name of the beach we went to on Maui - in Wailea right in front of all the big hotels where the path runs along the ocean? The name escapes me. We had some good snorkeling there.

TTess Oct 10th, 2008 10:12 AM

Volcano - Elua.

GyypieLou! Loved your post - hilarious.

Iamq - I don't want to list my favorites, either. The beaches get crowded enough as it is and the blue book sure doesn't help. Regardless, ALOOOOOOOOHA, Dude! ((H))

iamq Oct 10th, 2008 03:41 PM

Burned my blue books years ago.

Okay, the funk has lifted and I take back everything.

Makua sucks.
Big Beach sucks.
Hamoa sucks even more, and Hanalei Bay REALLy sucks, especially down by the horrible, run-down, undesirable/seedy character infested pier. HIDEOUS!

The best beaches aren't in Hawaii after all, they are in Florida. Go to Florida...please?

gyppielou Oct 10th, 2008 03:48 PM

time to watch a little video......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EAe1s3vi_A

gyppielou Oct 10th, 2008 04:28 PM

iamq

thankfully you finally snapped out of it. Hawaii is far far away, dark, rooster infested expensive with crappy food and dismal chances of enjoying a true tropical paradise dream.

This mo' bettah'

Kokomo......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qReKppA71DE

iamq Oct 10th, 2008 05:22 PM

gyppie, you have a way of straightening (so to speak) me out. And thanks TTes for not sharing...that woke me up too, LOL!

Those Hawaiian beaches are so awful they don't even have white sand! Brown sand is so, so, so dirty!

gyppielou Oct 10th, 2008 05:24 PM

red sand stains

bad

cheers ttess!

iamq Oct 10th, 2008 05:50 PM

The red sand isn't even sand! It is made pebbles that are hard on the tootsies and other exposed parts of the body (This is THE red sand beach, afterall).


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