Wainiha Beach Park, Kauai
Wainiha means "unfriendly water" in the Hawaiian language. Wainiha Beach is one of the few Kauai beaches that is off limits to swimming at all times of the year. The beach has no reef to shelter it from large ocean swells. Anyone who dives into the ocean here has to deal with dangerous rip currents, a powerful backwash and strong shorebreak. A few drownings and near-drownings have happened here in the past.
Wainiha River flows into the ocean at the eastern end of the beach. The nearshore water tends to be murky from the silt deposited by the river. When the conditions are right, surfers can be seen on the river side of the bay riding a break.
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Wainiha Beach Park is located along Kuhio Highway (Highway 560) in Haena, HI 96714, on Kauai's north shore. It sits between mile markers 6 and 7, between Hanalei and Ha'ena.
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