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)

Joseph R

Jul 2018

Travis, our guide, really helped put this experience over the top for us. We didn't have personal transportation while on Oahu, so this was a great way for us to spend half a day seeing things that we wouldn't have otherwise. Our guide was incredibly knowledgeable and friendly. He had the freedom to customize the tour a little for us, and his recommendations were excellent. Would highly recommend to anyone. Thank you so much!!!!!

TheTravellingMorrows

May 2018

We had been recommended this tour from some friends who absolutely RAVED about their experience but our very high expectations were seriously exceeded! Our guide Matt was absolutely fantastic. He made sure we were comfortable from the minute we met and had thought of everything - from snacks and drinks to spare caps for people like me who naively forgot long hair plus an open top jeep on a windy highway were a bad combination! Matt has a magical way of making you feel like old friends from the get-go and his knowledge of both the local area and the surrounding islands were seriously impressive. We had our 4 year old daughter on the tour and all three of us had a great day - everything we did and saw was suitable for all ages and Matt took the extra effort to make sure our daughter got to see some great kid-friendly things too and took the time to tell her jokes and make sure she was having a great day. Having just our family on the tour made it easy to spend as much (or as little) time at each stop as we wanted. The booking and communication from Hawaii Jeep Tours was so easy (booked online and a quick call to confirm when we arrived). Would I recommend? Absolutely! In fact, we will be booking again when we go back next time. I knew Oahu would be beautiful but this tour and Matt's passion for the area really made us appreciate the paradise it is.

allynagle88

Apr 2018

We booked a Jeep tour of the North Shore for our first day in Hawaii and it was THE BEST decision! Our guide, Matt, picked us up from the hotel at 9am and his love for the island was both immediately obvious, and so infectious! (Not that it's difficult to fall in love with Oahu) We started by going for a quick lap through Waikiki, where he gave us some local hot-tips, then we headed for Diamond Head to watch some stunning surf spots. On the way to the North Shore, we stopped by the Dole Plantation where we picked up some fresh pineapple, and pineapple whip. (When I say "we picked up" I mean, Matt stood in line for us, while we checked out the plantation. #Hero) Side note: If you haven't tried Pineapple Whip, do yourself a favour. It is next level! The next few hours all merged in to one because a)it didn't feel like we were out for almost 6 hours, and b) Matt bypassed all the boring stuff and took us to places he knew we'd love. And he was spot on! Haleiwa, Waimea, Waimea Valley, Pipeline, Turtle Bay: all ah-maze-ing! After this tour, we knew all the best places to go for a surf, a feed, or just to chill, which meant we didn't have to waste time hunting for all the good spots. If your going to Oahu (and especially if you don't have time to waste on average tours), definitely lock in a tour with Hawaii Jeep Tours, and ask for Matt if you want to feel like ohana.