Mokuleia Beach

Traveling around the island, this was the idyllic and almost empty beach of my imagination.The waves at this North Shore outpost were incredibly consistent. If I had a beach chair with me, I would have stayed here the entire day.

Though we go as far north as my Jeep is allowed away from people to relax, the review still applies. The spiritual energy you feel here is amazing, if you're an empath you'll thank me, though you may actually feel a little drained the next day. But the view, the beach, and always the ocean is gorgeous clear turquoise and amazing! Please respect the island, ppl and land. Mahalo

Gorgeous beach to watch the sunset and hang with friends. You can camp here as well and have bonfires but there is no restrooms.

5-17-2020 Our first venture out since beaches opened up recently. The 2020 pandemic had residents and visitors alike sheltering i n place. There are still certain restrictions to follow for beach goers but to be able to see the Pacific Ocean here at Mokuleia Beach was a blessing.It was a welcome escape from being what seemed like a mini house arrest for the past month and a half.A perfect day- the weather, the deepest hues of the ocean and the waves unfurling white water breaking onto the shoreline was priceless. A magnificent sight to behold.It was the first time we took our fur baby galavanting for her very first holoholo adventure.On the drive we passed horses, tropical flowers and lush greenery. Dillingham airfield held memories of a flight adventure hubs and our daughter went on.We drove as far as Camp Erdman where my family camped during my childhood years and later I went to summer camp and shhh, had my first kiss.We were playing tourists today bringing along with us the leis and balloons that were delivered to our home from our graduating daughter. It was reason to leave the house and celebrate with freedom and a long overdue basking of sunshine and eye candy of the beauty past Waialua.Hubs said as a Jeep pulled up aside of our car: they are laughing at us. No wonder, we had leis on and were taking photos of ourselves and our Fur baby against the backdrop of the beautiful ocean. Yes, pretty comical but they stayed in their vehicle til we took a few snap shots.What a day to celebrate!!! Congrats to all the 2020 grads who had or will be having virtual graduations. Big mahalo to our newly graduated PhD daughter, we are proud of you and thank you for loving us in every conceivable way

If you are old enough to remember the heyday of beach-going at Mok's you are probably over 40, and by that I mean the days when Mokuleia Beach had a full bathroom complex with shower stalls, toilets, changing rooms and BBQ grills, and because of this the beach was pretty popular with local families and tourists before the days of Yelp, IG and Tripadvisor. It was a place you could always go to for the same familiar, predictable beauty of a beach- it had rough, secluded, rugged, windswept shores with a wild beauty to it and you couldn't help but feel a certain romantic quality every time you came here.I remember childhood days when we'd trek out from town to Mokuleia as a family and spend all day here because the drive was so long. We'd BBQ, swim, play, look for shells, watch the parachuters come down from the sky, sleep under the towels in the warm sun, shower in the lava rock encrusted compound, then head home by sunset. I'd haunt this place in the summer time as a teenager when I first learned how to drive, and me and a friend would come out for an all-day tanning fest and watch the sun go down while eating our sandwiches and drinking our cans of Hawaiian Sun fruit drinks. Maybe of all the beaches, this beach held so many fond memories for me. As the saying goes 'all good things must come to an end' and so it did -the bathrooms and shower stalls were all razed down to the ground years ago because the state of Hawaii could no longer maintain the property. They also wanted to deter the many homeless that had set up camp and permanent residence around the perimeter of the beach park. The state figured if there were no showers and no flushing toilets the homeless would leave, and they did. Now all that's left are porta potties dotting the landscape. There are no more BBQ areas and the parking lot pavement is falling apart. The place is no longer romantic to me as the landscape has changed so much and what I remember from my childhood and young adulthood is so much more different.There doesn't seem to be as many families anymore and the park is not a hotspot of activity as it used to have, but the place still holds onto its wild rugged beauty and manages to survive without the presence of humans. If you want isolated, limited, windy, wild and rugged, come here to a beach with limited resources. It's only a few hundred feet from the main road and it seems like a few hundred miles from Honolulu.

Talk about having a whole beach to yourself! My fiancé and I had already visited Waimea Falls, so it was all-board the "Lost" train. I've never watched it, but he was determined to find out which was the featured Hawaiian beach in the show. Google told us it was Mokuleia.From where we were staying (on the East side of the island) it was about an hour drive. Not worth it, in my opinion, but it was a wonderful trip. Plus we didn't have anything better to do. We drove into the "countryside" of Oahu and past the skydiving school.There was plenty of parking. Most people were just flying their kites. We were the only ones on "our" section of the beach, so we took a nap. Super peaceful and serene. No tourists at all. The main con was the lack of real restrooms, though there was a shower.Apparently the beach looked different from when "Lost" was filmed, understandably because of how many years have passed. What made the drive worthwhile was a few hours of exploring the nearby city of Waialua. Lots of great eateries and shops there. All in all, I'm glad we took the trip. It's a "Lost" fan's dream come true!

Looking for sea turtles and monk seals, Amy and I drove out to this beach on the North Shore of Oahu...This was quite the adventure because we both hadn't been here before and didn't know what to expect.First of all, it's about a 50 minute drive from Honolulu (without traffic). My GPS took us on a narrow street where we had to pull to the side of the road to let oncoming cars pass by. Then, we parked on a graveled area, far from the beach. Luckily, Amy saw the entrance and we walked down a long unpaved path towards the ocean.When we got to the beach, it reminded me of Lanikai or Kailua Beach. I'm used to South Shore, like Ala Moana and Waikiki where it's calmer, has a reef, and is less windy. Mokule'ia is "purer" - as in "natural" and untouched. This is simple beauty... That's the best way I can describe it... open, plain, and free... wow... yeah... I read the other reviews about how this is where the television series, "Lost" was filmed. That's cool! Amy and I just wanted to see turtles and seals, but there were none. (We did see some horses!) That just means we need to return and try again!Notes: no trash cans or restrooms available. Bring sunscreen, water, visor, sunglasses, tabis, and camera!

Came here for some beautiful scenic waves and beach but what did I stumble into instead??  Naked, naked, naked asses!!!!  All hanging out about 100 yards to the right.  God bless these courageous folks.  Personally, shrinkage came into mind.  It's beautiful here, seriously.  90% of the the beach is not a nudist hangout.If you're lucky, you may see friendly horses greeting you when you walk toward the beach, they're naked too.

My go-to beach for stargazing. This beach is empty on most days/nights and has a good stretch of sand. There are no bathrooms here, and you might spot a homeless person or two here, but they're nice people. Definitely a locals' beach. This beach has a reef and isn't as swimmable as others, but it's great for fishing! Parking is abundant too.

Pleasant surprise! I went out to the beach to read and watch sunset. Aaand then I heard some one yell, " I see 5 of them!" I looked out and there they were.... A little city of sea turtles. I walked along the shore for 30mins and it was non stop sea turtles grazing along the shoreline partially hidden by the waves crashing to the shore. Note: went back a week later and they were gone ... it's all about timing