pronounced eh-hoo-KAI
Pipeline. Watch in winter, swim only on summer's gentlest days — not a primary family pick.
NWS forecast for this exact lat/lon — forecasts can change, re-check before you go.
59-337 Ke Nui Rd, Haleʻiwa, HI 96712
ʻEhukai (the public beach park fronting the Banzai Pipeline reef) is one of the most famous breaks on earth. It is included for honesty: tourists drive here expecting a swimmable beach and find the opposite. Summer can have calm windows for older kids to wade in the inside, but it is not a family swim destination. Watch surfing here; swim elsewhere on the north shore.
Bring the kids to watch surfing in winter — it is a real cultural experience, and a safer alternative to Pipeline-area swimming. For an actual swim, drive 15 minutes back to Haleʻiwa Beach Park.
Pipeline is a famous lifeguard station for a reason. Multiple drownings here every year. Listen to the flag.
This beach sits in the Tsunami Evacuation Zone per Hawai‘i Statewide GIS. If sirens sound or shaking is felt, move inland and uphill immediately. Hawai‘i Emergency Management →
Small free lot at the park, with overflow on Ke Nui and Ke Waena Rd. Fills early on big-surf days.
Public restrooms at the park.
Sparse — bring an umbrella.
Winter for surf-watching. Summer mornings can be calmer for a beach walk but never assume safe swim conditions.
Accessibility: Paved access from parking; sand-to-water has a small drop.
Sheltered north-shore beach park next to Haleʻiwa Harbor — calm even in winter, when most north-shore beaches are unswimmable.
Long open north-shore beach — wide summer-calm sand, winter big-surf venue, dramatic sunsets.
Iconic north shore bay — a glassy family swim spot in summer, a closed-out big-wave arena in winter.