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Palms and sand on Lanikai Beach.
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KailuaBeach:
Imagine a 30-acre public park with a broad, grassy area with picnic tables, a
public boat ramp, restrooms, a pavilion, a volleyball court, and food stands. Add a wide,
sandy beach, great for diving, swimming, sailing, snorkeling, and board- and windsurfing,
and you've got Kailua Beach, which is tops on the windward side of the island. On week-
ends, local families consider it the place to go. Weekdays, you practically have it all to your-
self.
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Kahana Bay Beach Park:
With salt-and-pepper sand, a crescent-shaped beach protected by
ironwoods and kamani trees, and, as a backdrop, a lush junglelike valley interrupted only
by jagged cliffs, you'd swear this beach was in Tahiti or Bora Bora. Kahana offers great
swimming (even safe for children), good fishing, and perfect conditions for kayaking. Com-
bine that with picnic areas, camping, and hiking trails, and you have one of the best beaches
on the island.
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Malaekahana Beach:
If you'd like to venture back to old Hawaii, before jet planes brought
millions of people to Oahu and there were few footprints on the sand, then go north to the
romantic wooded beach park at Malaekahana. This is a place to sit in quiet solitude or to
beachcomb along the shore. There's good swimming most of the time, and good snorkeling
