Kāneʻohe Beach Park
Kaneohe, HI
Kāneʻohe Beach Park is a small grassy strip on the edge of Kāneʻohe Bay, more useful as a launch point for kayaks and canoes than as a place to swim, since the bay's wide reef flat keeps the water shallow and often murky close to shore. Locals mostly use it for picnics and bay access rather than a beach day.
Handy for launching a kayak onto Kāneʻohe Bay, but the shallow, often murky water makes it a poor choice if swimming is the goal.
How we score beachesBring a kayak or paddleboard if you're coming here specifically. The real draw is getting out onto the bay, not swimming from shore.
A small lot sits right off Kamehameha Highway at the park.
Flat grass leads to a narrow strip of sand and mudflat, not a clean sand entry.
Calmest in summer, while winter brings more rain runoff into the bay that can cloud the water further.
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