Best places: Public beaches in Honaunau-Napoopoo CDP, United States

Landscaped terrain suitable for swimming, bodysurfing & picnicking also has lifeguard services.

Public area featuring black-sand beach ringed by coconut palms & often populated by sea turtles.

Ruins of early fish ponds & petroglyphs still remain in this historic beachside wildlife refuge.

White-sand beaches, lava rock & tranquil waves are the draws at this remote cove with 2 lava pools.

Serene beachfront park & popular camping area with a parking lot, toilets & showers.

This park features a sandy beach & a 4.5-mile trail that leads to a scenic view of the coastline.

Familiar recreation stop with kid-friendly wading & tidal pools, picnic shelters & play equipment.

Grey-sandy beach edged by coral reef with a canoe fishing heritage, plus kayak & snorkel rentals.

👍 Plan on a 1/2 day for this experience. Due to steep grade you need to either hike down or have a proper vehicle with 4 wheel drive, like a Jeep. Wear good shoes and bring water. Hike down is on a narrow paved road with a 25 percent grade. It will do numbers on your calves...at the bottom you can...

Public park with white sand beach & rocky shoreline, offering lifeguard-overseen swimming & surfing.

👍👍 This beach offers a very calm and shallow sandy area as well as a rough high wave rocky area. Snorkeling opportunities here are great. Tons of fish and sea slugs to view in the shallow areas. Waves can get very high and rough the further out you go so take caution when exploring outwards.

This simple park features a narrow beach for swimming, fishing, kayaking & more.

👍👍 Beautiful location. Still pond where locals enjoy jumping out of a tree to make a splash. Palm trees and small patches of land make for an amazing sunset view!

👍👍 Wonderful location. You should enter via security and go straight to the public beach. Plenty of parking, showers and restrooms. Beach is gorge or with green sea turtles and a lot of natural shades. The best ever spot in my life to snorkel! Don’t forget your mask and some food you will love it here...

👍👍 Park at the public pool , in front of the baseball field . All down the middle field and the Beach access will be against the stone wall. 5min walk to a miniature heaven. Perfect for small kids to just play in the shallow pools and learn to snorkel . Lots of fish and urchin to play with and watch....

This public park runs along the rocky shoreline & provides benches & grassy areas for picnics.

Remote rolling green expanse meeting cliffs & the beach at the USA's southernmost tip.

👍👍 Beautiful black ground sand beach with beautiful water landscape views.

👍 First of all: there are rocks when you enter the water. I am born and raised oahu and am just used to our sandy beaches where you can dive in and swim. That aside, the shore is sandy and nice to lay on. Also, this is a good beach for shell collecting (even if your boyfriend gets a bit competitive ov...

👍👍 Beautiful park, pavilions closed due to covid