Mauna Lahilahi Beach Park — Attraction in Oʻahu

Mauna Lahilahi Beach is about a quarter mile stretch of white sand, located in Makaha. It has picnic tables and patches of grass perfect for a picnic near the ocean. Here beachgoers can do a little pole fishing from the reef or the shore. On some days beachgoers can do a little body surfing, sand boarding, boogie boarding, surfing, kayaking, paddle boarding. Most of the time through out the year waves here are relatively small compared to other surf spots nearby. However, there are no public restrooms, running water, or showers at this beach and it is inhabited mostly by local homeless residents and their camps. Convenient local businesses and shops located directly across the street from this beach are Longs Drug Store(Closes at 11 p.m.), 7-11 Store w/ gas station(Open 24 hrs.), O'Reilly Auto Parts Store, Ohana Market, Papa John's Pizzeria, Makaha Chop Suey, and a Shave Ice and board rental business just to name a few and all located along the C&C public transportation bus routes also known...

Another under utilized beach park on the Leeward Coast of Oahu. Lots of nice sand. Parking is across the street at the small mall. Longs opened up a couple of years ago so that is a very convenient place to buy snacks and drinks. There are a couple of picnic tables but I make the effort to bring my beach chair and/or blanket and just carry them across the street at the cross walk. The bus stop is located mid beach. No rest rooms available within site may be the...

The walk to the beach is not the easiest. When you get down to it, you find a lot of rocks making it difficult to enter and exit the ocean. You have to time the ebb and flow in order to enter it. Also, there was trash and and abandoned car. The parking lot had broken glass consistent with a windshield of a car. There is a little cave across the street, but it smelled like weed. Not...