Ha'ena Beach — Attraction in Kauai

There are some fundamental flaws with the setup at this beach that unfortunately ruins the experience of visiting, primarily the parking setup. There is virtually nowhere to park anywhere near the beach save for around 30-40 spaces which is nowhere near enough to accommodate the volume of visitors, most of the parking spaces have, for no apparent reason, been designated as no parking areas and it is also not clear that some of what appears to be a contiguous strip of parking is, in fact, no parking, so myself and around 20 other cars parked in the vicinity had each received $235 parking fines, I had only been in the spot around 10 mins before a warden appeared and issued the ticket. The beach itself is also not suitable for swimming and is not as beautiful as the photos suggest, so all in all we drove 1hr 45 mins to get to an average beach and pay $235 for the privilege, overall I would avoid this beach in favor of somewhere more accessible and...

Nice sandy beach, steep water line. Not many people were here at the end of the day. Beautiful mountains at the back, large free parking, restrooms, picnic tables. Was very hard to leave this place. We tried to get to the Tunnels beach, but since it didn't have any parking available - we just kept driving for a few minutes and found this park. Large cave across the street, children...

Very neat to sit at for a while and enjoy the views. We were there multiple times over the course of a few days, and the beach was always closed due to high surf. The waves were the biggest we've seen on the island. It does not look like a good place to swim due to rock formations near the shore and the very large waves, but it's not too crowded and is great for a picnic to take in...