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A satellite image of the North Shore. Due to its natural environment, proximity to Honolulu, and large waves, the North Shore is a popular area for filming. The documentary film Bustin' Down the Door chronicles the rise of professional surfing in the early 1970s. The Fox Network TV show North Shore was filmed there.
Sunset Beach is on the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii and known for big wave surfing during the winter season. The original Hawaiian name for this place is Paumalū. It is a two-mile (3.3 km) stretch of mostly beige sand located at 59-104 Kamehameha Highway in Pupukea, 39 miles (63 km) driving distance from Waikiki. Lifeguards are usually present.
First Reef) is the most commonly surfed and photographed. When the reef is hit by a north swell, the peak (the highest tipping-point of the wave where it begins to curl) becomes an A-frame shaped wave, with Pipe closing out a bit and peeling off left, and the equally famous Backdoor Pipeline peeling away to the right at the same time.
Location of Oahu. This is a list of properties and districts on the Hawaiian island of Oahu that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Oahu is the only major island in Honolulu County. The location of the city of Honolulu, Oahu is the most populous island in the state.
Haleʻiwa is located at 21°35'24" North, 158°6'50" West (21.590050, -158.113928), [3] southwest along Kamehameha Highway (State route 83) from Pūpūkea.At Haleʻiwa, Kamehameha Highway becomes state route 99 (at the traffic circle known as "Weed Circle"), which runs eastward up across the Oʻahu central plateau to Wahiawā.
Princeville – North Shore Honopu Beach: Kiahuna Beach: Poipu – South Shore Kāhili Quarry Beach: North shore Kalāheo: South shore Kalalau Beach: Kalapakī Beach: East shore Kalihiwai Beach: Kilauea – North Shore Kapaʻa Beach Park: Kapaʻa (East shore) Kauapea Beach (Secret Beach) Kīlauea Kealia Beach: Kealia – East Side Ke`e Beach ...
The Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) is a family-centered cultural tourist attraction and living museum in Laie on the northern shore of Oahu, Hawaii. [1] The PCC is owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), was dedicated on October 12, 1963, and occupies 42 acres (17 hectares) of land belonging to nearby Brigham Young University–Hawaii (BYU-Hawaii).
Looking north from the overlook at Kāneʻohe town and Kāneʻohe Bay beyond. The Nuʻuanu Pali has been a vital pass from ancient times to the present because it is a low, traversable section of the Koʻolau mountain range that connects the leeward side of the mountains, Honolulu to the windward side, Kailua and Kāneʻohe. The route drew ...