Kauai Beaches
Wailua Beach
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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 end of the beach you can see boats being launched into the river for water-skiing, jet skiing, kayaking, and outrigger canoeing. Located where the river meets the ocean is one of the best archaeological sites in the state. At the mouth of the river are a series of Hawaiian heiau (temples) and other sacred sites, identified with markers within the state park.
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