Kauai Beaches
Wailua Beach
Wailua (Kauai)
HI
URL: http://www.hawaii.gov/dlnr/dsp/kauai.html
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This popular beach includes Wailua River State Park and Wailua Bay. The draw here is the 100-foot-wide beach that runs for about a half mile from the Wailua River to a rocky area north. Surfers (board, body, and bodyboard) love this area for its generally good surfing conditions. However, when the high surf kicks up in winter and into spring, the conditions can become dangerous, with strong rip currents, sharp shorebreaks, sudden drop-offs, and high surf. At the Wailea River ...
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Swimming: No
Surfing: Yes
Lifeguards: Part-time
Restrooms: No
Showers: No
Picnic Tables: No
Barbeques: No
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Windsurfing kiteboarding paradise
Posted by chowhound from LA, CA on June 24, 2007
Not a casual place to lounge around due to constant winds (check out what hurricane Iniki did to the old Coco Palms Resort across the Hwy), but there's plenty of empty sand and no development encroaching on makai side of highway. Head to Lydgate just south for calmer waters.
Great Pounding Surf
Posted by Jerry from Pittsburgh, PA on April 6, 2007
This beach is one of the most overlooked in Kauai, yet it is right on the main highway and readily visible. We have been going back for over thirty years, to walk the beach and enjoy the wild pounding surf. Nature keeps it clean and the locals love it. The state park provides a sheltered area for children to swim. The river area is interesting for beach combing. The north end is wild and beautiful. IWhen we make our last trip, it will be to this beach.
wherever it appears.