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| ANAHOLA
BEACH PARK |
 Located
south of Anahola Bay, the local favorite Anahola
Beach Park has something suitable for everyone.
This white-sand beach is considered the safest
one on Kauai, year in and year out. It is
protected from high surf by an outcropping and
the water is shallow, so even kids can swim here.
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| ANINI
BEACH PARK |
 Anini
Beach is a 3-mile long beach sheltered by one of
the longest and widest reefs in Hawaii measuring
1,600 feet at its widest point. The protective
reef creates a beautiful and calm blue lagoon,
but this makes the beach less of a spot for
wave-oriented activities like bodyboarding and
surfing.
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| DONKEY
BEACH |
| Some years back, Donkey Beach was considered
one of the best nudist or clothing optional
beaches because of its secluded location. But
even then, the beach wasn’t great for swimming,
but it was popular among sunbathers who wanted
it au naturel.
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| GLASS
BEACH |
 Sea
glass is found all over the world, but it’s
found in unusual numbers on a beach located in
the middle of an industrial part in Hanapepe,
Kauai. Because of its unusual abundance, the
beach has been appropriately named Glass Beach.
The shoreline of Glass Beach is covered with
millions of sea glasses - brown, aqua-colored,
clear and blue.
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| HANALEI
BAY BEACH |
 At
two miles long, Hanalei Bay is the largest bay
on Kauai. Located between Puupoa and Makahoa
Points, Hanalei Bay Beach is consistently
considered one of the best beaches in Hawaii.
Hanalei means “lei-shaped bay” in Hawaiian and
nothing fits the bay’s shape more perfectly than
this description.
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| HIDEAWAYS
BEACH |
| Kauai has a number of secret gems and the
appropriately named Hideaways Beach is one of
them. Sitting below the Princeville Hotel on
Kahuku Road on Kauai, Hideaways Beach can be
accessed only after a difficult climb down a
steep path. The beach is lightly visited. For
those who know its beauty, a little trek down is
definitely worth it.
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| KALAPAKI
BEACH |
| Kalapaki Beach is most popular for being the
home of the Kauai Marriott Resort, which created
news in the 1980s for having the largest
swimming pool and the only 2-story high
escalator on Kauai. Kalapaki Beach is also the
home of Kauai Lagoons, a 40-acre lagoon enclosed
by stones built by the Menehune.
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| KALIHIWAI
BAY BEACH |
| The only time you can safely swim on
Kalihiwai Beach is in summer when the waves are
small and the ocean is calm. An alternative
option is to take a dip instead at the shallow
tide pools, which are also are used by locals
for fishing or raft-floating.
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| KEALIA
BEACH |
| Kealia Beach is a 150-foot wide and 0.5-mile
long sandy beach located on a former Hawaiian
plantation in Kauai’s Coconut Coast. Kealia
means “salt bed” or “salt-encrusted bed,” a name
referring to the traditional Hawaiian method of
collecting and drying salt. Kealia Beach has
been a site of salt mining for centuries.
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| KEE
BEACH PARK |
| Kee means “avoidance” in Hawaiian. However,
the beach is far from being avoided by people.
In fact, Kee Beach Park is one of the most
popular beaches on Kauai. It has beautiful
reddish-golden sand. The beach marks the end of
Highway 50 and the beginning of the enchanting
Na Pali Coast.
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| KEKAHA
BEACH PARK |
| Kekaha Beach Park is the longest continuous
beach on Kauai spanning 15 miles of gorgeous
white sand. Locals love running 4-wheels down
the expanse of the beach. This is also one of
the best places for beachcombing, sunset walking
and for anyone seeking solitude. The beach also
provides a breathtaking view of Niihau across
the Kaulakahi Channel.
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| KILAUEA
BEACH |
| Kilauea Beach has a large pool which is
created when the Kilauea River strikes the
sandbar. When the ocean is calm, the pool is
great for swimming. On the western side of the
beach opposite the pool is a wonderful
snorkeling spot. For fishing, the best spot is
at the mouth of Kilauea River.
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| LAWAI
BEACH PARK |
| Lawai Beach Park is tiny strip of land that
disappears during high tide and appears during
low tide. The beach is a top snorkeling
destination on Kauai’s south shore, sheltered by
a fringing reef barrier. With little wave
disturbance, snorkelers get clear water
particularly during calm summer months.
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| LUMAHAI
BEACH PARK |
 Lumahai
Beach Park’s claim to fame is in the 1957 film
South Pacific. The beach is where Mitzi Gaynor
“washed that man right out of her hair.” Partly
because of this history and partly because of
the beach’s picturesque beauty, Lumahai Beach
Park has become one of the most photographed
beaches on Kauai.
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| LYDGATE
BEACH PARK |
 Lydgate
Beach Park is a double-sectioned lagoon
protected from ocean swells by an artificial
reef, which was built by local volunteers in the
1970s using huge boulders. The lagoon is divided
into an inner and an outer lagoon by two
man-made rock walls. The inner lagoon is shallow
and ideal for children, while the outer lagoon
is deeper and ideal for swimming and snorkeling.
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| NUKOLII
BEACH PARK |
| Nukolii Beach Park, with its two miles of
white sand shoreline, is the longest beach on
Kauai’s east shore. It provides fair swimming
conditions because the bottom is rocky and
shallow. However, Nukolii Beach offers wonderful
snorkeling, scuba diving and fishing
opportunities.
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| POIPU
BEACH PARK |
 In
2001, the renowned beachologist Dr. Stephen “Dr.
Beach” Leatherman, picked Poipu Beach Park as
the best beach in the U.S. Travel Channel also
named Poipu Beach Park as one of America’s and
the World’s Best Beaches. As Kauai’s most
popular beach, it attracts many beachgoers.
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| POLIHALE
STATE BEACH PARK |
 Because
of its remoteness and because of the eerie
quality of its beauty, this beach has been named
Polihale, which literally means “the home of the
underworld (Po)” in Hawaiian. Polihale Beach
Park is located at Kauai's west shore. It is a
very long beach backed by sand dunes as thick
300 feet (100 m).
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| PUU
POA BEACH |
| Puu Poa Beach, located on the north coast of
Kauai, is the most famous beach near the
Princeville Hotel. To reach Puu Poa Beach, one
has to take 192 steps that start near the
parking lot of the Princeville Hotel. Hotel
guests have an easier way of accessing the beach
as they can just take the elevator to the ground
level.
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| SALT
POND BEACH PARK |
| Salt Pond Beach Park is the only place in
Hawaii where salt is still gathered in the
traditional Hawaiian way. It is a wide,
reddish-golden sand pocket beach that is
generally safe for swimming all year round. At
both ends of the beach are rocky outcrops; a
natural rock ridge connects the outcrops,
creating a small lagoon.
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| TUNNELS
BEACH |
| Tunnels Beach is a postcard-perfect,
two-mile stretch of golden sand fringed with
ironwood trees and tropical palms. It is unique
for having an inner and an outer reef. The inner
reef is shallow and a good spot for kids and
novice snorkelers. Advanced divers and
snorkelers explore the outer reef, which has
more lava tubes, arches and coral formations.
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| WAILUA
BEACH |
| Wailua Beach is a wind-swept, white
sand-beach lying at the mouth of the Wailua
River on Kauai’s Coconut Coast. With no reef to
protect the beach from high surf and the strong
tradewinds, the swells are always large - all
the reason why surfers and bodyboarders love
Wailua Beach, despite the fact that the water
here tends to be murky because of the river
water.
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| WAINIHA
BEACH PARK |
| Wainiha Beach Park is one of the very few
Kauai beaches that is off limits to swimming at
all times of the year. Like other Kauai beaches
located near a river, Wainiha Beach has no reef
to shelter the bay from big waves coming from
the center. Anyone who dives into Wainiha Beach
has to deal with dangerous currents, nasty rip
tides, powerful backwash and pounding surf
breaks.
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