Āweoweo Beach Park
Waialua, HI
Āweoweo Beach Park sits along the quieter Mokuleia stretch, a small county park named for a local reef fish, with a rocky shoreline better suited to fishing and tide pooling than swimming laps. Few visitors make it out this far, so the handful of picnic tables usually sit empty even on weekends.
Genuinely peaceful and almost never crowded, but the rocky shoreline limits it mostly to fishing rather than swimming.
How we score beachesThis is a fishing and tide pool spot more than a swim beach. Come with that expectation and you won't be disappointed.
A small lot sits off Farrington Highway at the park.
Flat grass leads to a rocky shoreline, uneven underfoot at the water's edge.
Calmer in summer, winter swells make the rocky shoreline here rougher and less approachable.
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