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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.
The Waialua Sugar Mill finally closed in October, 1996 due to profit concerns and was the last sugarcane plantation on the island of Oahu to close. [4] [9] By 1999, the site's sugar workers camp was still inhabited by former Filipino laborers. [11] The area currently serves as an industrial park for the North Shore of Oahu. In 2020, the 25 ...
Waialua is located at 21°34'31" north, 158°7'46" west (21.575300, -158.129457), [3] southwest of Haleʻiwa, reached on Waialua Beach Road (State Rte. 82) or Kaukonahua Road (State Rte. 830). [3] Kaukonahua Road turns eastward and, as State Rte. 803 then 801 runs up into the central plateau of Oʻahu to Wahiawā or (as 803) to Schofield Barracks.
Pūpūkea is located at 21°40'11" North, 158°2'58" West (21.669740, -158.049349), [4] along Kamehameha Highway (State Rte. 83) west to southwest from Kawela Bay and northeast from Haleʻiwa. Due to its geographic location, this area gets three times the amount of rain per year Honolulu receives.
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.
The Hawaiian monk seal is an endangered species, endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.. One of the last undeveloped areas on Oahu, Turtle Bay is recognized for its rock formations, wild coastal beaches, threatened green sea turtles and endangered Hawaiian monk seal [3] habitats, whale spottings, traditional fishing areas, small local agricultural lots and Hawaiian ancestral burial grounds.
It is a historically important site on the North Shore, as well as providing a view of Waimea Bay and the Waianae Mountain range. Waimea Bay is located along Kamehameha Highway. The bay is on the north-west side of the highway (at the entrance point). The Waimea Bay shoreline has been experiencing erosion due to both man made and natural causes ...