Big Island Beaches Hawaii
Unique is the best word to describe beaches in Big Island of Hawaii! On which other island can be found a black sand beach located near a white sand or green sand beach?
Big Island Beach Guide
Any beach guide of the Big Island of Hawaii should include:
Spencer Beach Park
A large flat pocket of white sand with very gentle aquatic slope, so it is popular amongst families with little children. Tourists enjoy there great snorkeling and swimming.
Mauna Kea Beach
This beach is a long crescent of white sand, with a few beach resorts in surroundings. It offers excellent swimming and snorkeling amenities. Green sea turtles are common visitors there!
Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area
It is a 62 acre beach park that allows excellent swimming and surfing.
Amenities: pavilion, parking, restrooms, showers, picnic tables, lifeguards, food concessions, camping.
Holoholokai Beach Park
It is a crescent-shape beach, mainly covered by pebble and cobblestone dotted with several sandy pockets, located far away to the well developed tourist spots of the island. It offers good waves for surfing and is a great spot for snorkeling and scuba diving. Allows access to the Puako Petroglyph Preserve.
Amenities: parking, restrooms, showers.
Lapakahi Marine Life Conservation District
On this beach tourists find a remarkable diversity of fish species, but there are present strong shore currents.
Amenities: parking, restrooms.
Waialea Bay Marine Life Conservation District
It is one of the island's most beautiful white sand beaches. There are excellent conditions for swimming, snorkeling, scuba diving, and windsurfing.
Mauna Lani Beach
Tourists can enjoy swimming and snorkeling in the placid waters of Nanuko Inlet. It is also site for productive fishponds that active examples of the ancient Hawaiian aqua-culture.
Amenities: parking, restrooms, showers.
Kukio Beach
A mix of white sand and volcanic rocks. Still, this beach allow good surfing during winter and features paved trails and walkways.
Amenities: parking, restrooms, showers, picnic tables.
Makalawena Beach
It is a shoreline consisting of several coves and inlets unified by a magnificent long sandy beach. In surroundings can be found a few good beach resorts. It is popular for swimming, snorkeling, and scuba diving. There is also located the Opaeula Pond, that is a water-bird sanctuary.
Mahaiula Beach
This beach is an idyllic spot of white sand. Offers excellent swimming and snorkeling during summer. There are located several underwater tunnels, caves, and remains of a sunken ship. It is also a great surfing spot during winter.
Amenities: picnic tables.
Honokohau Beach
A long stretch of sand located along the Honokohau Bay. Allows good snorkeling and swimming and is site of the Queen's Bath, that is a cool natural pool, whit spring water.
Amenities: parking.
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
It is a 1160 acre park with a high cultural significance because it is site of an ancient settlement. There can be found fishponds, house platforms, petroglyphs, stone slides, and an ancient temple. It is a good vacation spot for hiking, picnic, fishing, snorkeling, swimming, bird watching, and surfing.
White Sands Beach Park
It is the most popular surfing beach in North Kona and is also the site where takes place a Surfing Championship. Also, this beach is a good spot for snorkeling.
Amenities: restrooms, showers, parking, picnic tables, lifeguards.
Kahaluu Beach Park
It is a large white-sand beach, popular for swimming and snorkeling. From this beach can be observed sea turtles and dolphins.
Amenities: parking, restrooms, showers, picnic tables, lifeguards.
Keauhou Bay Beach Park
It is a small beach park, site of a boat harbor. It offers excellent swimming and snorkeling amenities.
Amenities: parking, restrooms, showers, picnic tables.
Napoopoo Beach Park
There is located the Hikiau Heiau State Monument of Captain James Cook. It is a small rocky park that attracts many people who like sun-bathing and swimming.
Amenities: parking, restrooms, showers, picnic pavilion, basketball court.
Puuhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park
It is one of the best snorkeling and shore scuba diving areas on the island, noticed on any beach map of the Big Island. Also, this beach allows excellent whale watching in the winter.
Amenities: parking, restrooms, showers, picnic tables.
Mahana (Green Sand) Beach
It is the most famous green sand beach in the Kau district and is frequented by swimmers, surfers, and divers.
Punaluu Beach Park
This beach is one of the most famous black sand beaches in Hawaii and is situated in a small bay. The beach is home to many endangered green sea turtles.
Amenities: parking, restrooms, showers, picnic tables, pavilion, camping.
Kehena Beach
It is a long black sand beach. Although nudism is illegal in Hawaii, its seclusion attracts many fans of the nude way of life...
Isaac Hale Beach Park
It is a small park with a boat ramp and home to the Pohoiki warm springs. Popular activities in the bay include fishing and surfing.
Amenities: pavilion, restrooms, showers, picnic tables, camping.
Mackenzie State Recreation Area
This spot is a 13-acre beach park, well known as a place of some weird creatures who appear after dark, known as the "night marchers" - a processions of the spirits of ancient Hawaiians!
Amenities: pavilion, restrooms, showers, picnic tables, camping.
Ahalanui County Park
There is a spring and a natural pool that is volcanically heated up to 90 Celsius degrees!
Amenities: lifeguards.
Waiopae Tide pools Marine Life Conservation District
It is home to abundant coral formations and many fish species, allowing great snorkeling.
Amenities: parking.
Richardson Ocean Park
It is a small pocket of black sand and is the most popular snorkeling area in Hilo. It offers good shore diving & snorkeling and sometimes the dolphins are frequenting the area. It is home to the Richardson Ocean Center, an outdoor recreational center.
Amenities: parking, restrooms, showers, picnic tables, lifeguards.
Onekahakaha Beach Park
It is a cove of white sand and allows safe swimming for little children.
Amenities: parking, picnic pavilions, restrooms, showers, lifeguards.
Reed's Bay Park
It is a picturesque inlet. Many swimmers frequent go to the Ice Pond, where icy-cold spring waters rise constantly into the salt water.
Amenities: parking.
Honolii Beach Park
It is a premier surfing spot of the island. The surfing breaks from there provide some of the best riding waves. It is not recommended for recreational swimming.
Amenities: restrooms, showers, picnic tables, lifeguards.
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