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Hawaiʻi Kai is located approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of the Central Business District (CBD) of Honolulu. In the 2000 U.S. Census the U.S. Census Bureau defined Hawaiʻi Kai as being in the urban Honolulu census-designated place. [2] For the 2010 U.S. Census the bureau created a new census-designated place, East Honolulu. [3]
Historically, the beach consists of 535,000 square feet (49,703 sq. m) of coral that was dredged and removed, creating a watercraft channel. Kaiser donated it to the City and County of Honolulu in 1960. [2] Public access to the bay is easily made through the city and county beach park off of Kalanianaʻole Highway across from Hawaii Kai Drive. [3]
Ko Olina Resort is a 642-acre (2.60 km 2) master-planned vacation and residential community on the leeward coast of Oahu, 17 miles (27 km) west of Honolulu. [3] Ko Olina has 2 miles (3.2 km) of coastal frontage and includes three natural and four man-made lagoons with white-sand beaches.
Hawaiʻi Kai: Portlock Beach Hawaiʻi Kai: Maunalua Bay Beach Park: Hawaiʻi Kai: Kuliʻouʻou Beach Park Hawaiʻi Kai: Paikō Beach Hawaiʻi Kai: Niu Beach Hawaiʻi Kai: Kawaikuʻi Beach Park ʻĀina Haina: Wailupe Beach Park ʻĀina Haina: Kāhala Mandarin Oriental Beach (Kāhala Hilton Beach) Kāhala, Honolulu: Waiʻalae Beach Park Kāhala ...
[11] Consequently, the beautiful multicolored coral reef closest to the beach died; only its blackened skeleton is visible today. Panoramic view of Hanauma Bay. By 1990, overuse of the beach and surrounding area was a real problem, with visitors walking on the reef, swarming the surrounding areas, parking on the grass and on the sides of the road.
On several occasions, residents have successfully introduced legislation to discourage tourism in the town. One such example is Bill 41, introduced to the Honolulu City Council in October 2021. [35] In 2022, Honolulu County Mayor Rick Blangiardi signed Bill 41 into law at a press conference held on Kailua beach. The bill places additional ...
Sandy Beach, also referred to as "Sandy's" and known to Hawaiians as Wāwāmalu, is a beach on the southeastern shore of Oʻahu in Hawaii. It is known for its excellent bodyboarding and bodysurfing opportunities due to its peaky shore break and consistent barrels .
Hanauma Bay, Koko Crater and Hawaii Kai. Koko Head is the headland that defines the eastern side of Maunalua Bay along the southeastern side of the Island of Oahu in Hawaii.On its western slope is the community of Portlock, a part of Hawaiʻi Kai.