Secret Oahu North Shore Tour With A Local Guide

Overview

If you’re looking to explore the North Shore of Oahu this is the perfect tour adventure. The attractions along the way are spectacular, but what’s special about the tour is the journey, which takes guests from Downtown Honolulu clear out to the North Shore along the amazingly beautiful Windward Coast. You’re sure to fill up your camera/phone’s memory with countless breathtaking views along the way.

City: Honolulu

Mon 23 Dec

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Starting at $149.00

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Mon 23 Dec

Starting at $149.00

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What's Included

Soda/Pop

Local guide

Bottled water

Snacks

Additional Info

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What To Expect

Haleiwa Beach Park

A nice, safe place to picnic, play, wade and watch the bigger waves across the channel at Ali’i Beach Park. The beach is long, safe and sandy. The name means “home of the frigate bird.”

Pua`ena Point Beach Park

A good place for beginners, where several surf schools sometimes take their classes. Usually smaller than elsewhere on the North Shore, the waves gently roll into the large southern end of Waialua Bay.

Laniakea Beach

A favorite stopping place for tourists, this beach isn’t particularly good for swimming because of its rocky bottom and strong currents, even on calmer days. But it does have a long, beautiful right-side break when there’s a big swell. It used to be less crowded than other spots, but these days there’s almost always a line of cars looking for roadside parking and dozens of people dashing across the adjacent highway, often to glimpse the turtles that lounge there.

Waimea Bay

The biggest, most historic, most famous of all the North Shore breaks, Waimea sometimes has rideable waves when all the other spots are closed out. Waves can reach 25 to 30 feet offshore and even the shorebreak can be a powerful, awe-inspiring site. Stay well clear of the water and enjoy the spectacle. When the big waves are here, though, so are the crowds. Be prepared to walk a mile or more from your parking space to a prime viewing site.

Pupukea Beach Park

Narrow and long, Pupukea is a popular place to stop on an around the island watch the big waves crash on the rocks. With few rideable waves, the site is known for it’s sublime sounds and sights. With a Foodland and Starbucks right across the street, it’s a good place to stock up on picnic supplies and safely dine in a place where you can feel the ocean’s spray on your face. In calmer weather, there are three swimming sites: Three tables, Kapoʻo and Shark’s Cove.

Ehukai Beach Park

When the conditions are right, this two-mile stretch of beach (the longest continuous stretch of wide beach on Oahu) features some of best surf-watching opportunities in the world: long, clean barrels so close to shore that you can feel the ground shake when the waves break on the shallow reef. The park, located across from Sunset Beach Elementary School, on the southern end of this beach stretch offers the only off-road parking and rest rooms in this area. To find the best viewing site at Pipeline, look for the public access lane about 100 yards north of the park.

Sunset Beach

The most famous of the North Shore beaches, “sunset has some of the most spectacular winter surf found anywhere on Oahu,” with steep and shift outside peaks reaching heights of 15 to 20 feet, according to John Clark, author of “Beaches of Oahu.” Bring your sunscreen, a bottle of water and your binoculars — the best breaks are well off-shore — and settle down for a couple of hours. You’re time will always be well spent.

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (17)

saram452

Aug 2019

Travis was our guide for the North Shore Tour. He was super friendly and so knowledgeable about the Hawaiian culture. While at the Dole Plantation Travis made sure our son got his dole whip and pineapple while we snooped around. Then we headed to the beach with the sea turtles and to meet up with our cousins who were being guided my Matt. Since the boys want more water/beach time we went to Sunset Beach which turned out to be the highlight of our tour. For lunch we ate at Mike's Huli Chicken as seen on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. Even though we were running behind schedule Travis still stop at Penny's food truck on the way back so we could try a malasada. I have nothing but great things to say about this tour and would highly recommend it!!

472rudia

Jun 2019

Went on the Jeep tour with Lanai on our last day of our holiday. Was a great tour very informative Lanai knows his stuff would recommend the jeep tour to anyone had a fantastic time seeing the things you don't normally see on you average bus tour. Keep up the great work and will see you next time we come back to Hawaii Rudi and Jenny from Australia

TracyF1762

May 2019

Travis picked us up at our hotel and we had a fun day touring the north shore. He provided lots of information about the history and culture on the island and he was very easy to talk with. We visited many beautiful beaches and towns and stopped at the Dole plantation. We also stopped at a delicious local fruit stand, as well as Giovanni’s Shrimp truck and Penney’s for warm malasada donuts. It was a great tour!