Bountiful beaches: Sandy shores rim the island: There's literally a beach or state beach park every five minutes as you drive around the island. Some to check out when you're taking a leisurely coastal drive: Sandy Beach, with its...
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Bountiful beaches: Sandy shores rim the island: There's literally a beach or state beach park every five minutes as you drive around the island. Some to check out when you're taking a leisurely coastal drive: Sandy Beach, with its mongo waves for super body surfing; Makapu'u, thick with seaweed and kind of rough, but its black-cliff backdrop is famous for its cameo in From Here to Eternity; Kailua Beach, in a pretty, sheltered residential area as you follow the coast north; and Chinaman's Hat, an islet off of Kualoa Beach near the village of Kaawa. You can reach it swimming during low tide, or by kayak; there's a tiny beach on its backside. Swimming and snorkeling: Widely known for some of the very best snorkeling and diving on the island, Hanauma Bay is home to all kinds of fish and coral, and the clear turquoise, shallow cove, reached after a walk (or ride) down a steep trail, is beautiful. Be sure to make a quick stop at the Halona Blowhole, just another few minutes by car past Hanauma Bay, where foamy waves flow through a lava tube and spew 60 feet into the air. Get a history lesson: No visit to O'ahu is complete without the experience of a visit to the U.S.S. Arizona Pearl Harbor. You'll take a boat out to the monument, located in the middle of harbor directly over the wreckage of the warship, which commemorates the Japanese attack that began World War II. Go back even further in history, to the time before Hawaii was a U.S. state, and visit Iolani Palace, home of the Hawaiian monarchy until 1893, and the only royal palace ever to stand on U.S. soil.
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