{"id":94608190,"date":"2012-08-02T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T09:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/family-travel-kid-friendly-oahu-beaches\/"},"modified":"2018-11-14T11:42:21","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T11:42:21","slug":"family-travel-kid-friendly-oahu-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/family-travel-kid-friendly-oahu-beaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Travel: Kid-friendly Oahu Beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Family Travel: Kid-friendly Oahu Beaches, Flickr: puuikibeach\" src=\"\/miles-away\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/2012\/8\/Kid-friendlyOahuBeaches.jpg\" alt=\"Family Travel: Kid-friendly Oahu Beaches, Flickr: puuikibeach\" width=\"450\" height=\"340\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>North Shore, Oahu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oahu boasts 112 miles of pristine beaches.\u00a0 Navigating your family to the most appropriate one can be a tricky art.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a handy guide to choosing the Oahu Beach that is just right for your family\u2019s favorite activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Best Family Beach (all around):<\/em><\/strong> Kailua Beach offers plenty of parking, restrooms, rentals, and very calm beaches.\u00a0 You\u2019ll want to stay at this beach all day, so pack up some snacks and enjoy <strong>Hawaii\u2019s<\/strong> coastline at its best.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Best Beach for Surfing:<\/em><\/strong> Waimea Bay is the home of surf history. The waves in winter are for experts only, but summer months offer calmer waves, although the surf might still be too strong for very little ones.\u00a0 Bring your already confident surfer to this shore and enjoy the impressive surf.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Most Peaceful Beach:<\/em><\/strong> Lanikai Beach is the location of President Obama\u2019s vacation spot.\u00a0 Calm waters and beautiful stretches of sand make this a very serene beach (although restrooms and picnic facilities are not readily available in this residential neighborhood, so plan ahead).<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<em>Best Beach for People Watching:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nWaikiki.\u00a0 Millions of visitors, great views, plenty of refreshment opportunities and a very calm break make this an obvious tourist stop.\u00a0 Expect crowds and people-watch away.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Best Beach for Swimming:<\/em><\/strong> Ala Moana Beach Park is protected by a reef and features incredibly calm waters allowing for almost pool-like swimming.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Best Beach for Snorkeling:<\/em><\/strong> Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve.\u00a0 Although you have to pay a fee to enter this preserve, the snorkeling here is just amazing.\u00a0 Arrive early as visitors are limited to a certain capacity each day.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Best Beach to Spot Wildlife:<\/em><\/strong> Yokohama Bay offers great dolphin-watching opportunities.\u00a0 Take the hike to Kaena Point for more great views.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Best Man-Made Beach:<\/em><\/strong> The lagoon made for the <strong>Aulani Resort<\/strong> is worth the price investment.\u00a0 Stay at the resort and take advantage of their famous family-friendly and magical experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Ready for your <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/deals\/family-travel\">Hawaiian family vacation<\/a><\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p><em>Don&#8217;t forget to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/cheapoair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">follow us on Twitter<\/a><\/strong> for exclusive travel deals! <\/em><\/p>\n<p>photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/puuikibeach\/5856220022\/sizes\/m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">puuikibeach <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Shore, Oahu &nbsp; Oahu boasts 112 miles of pristine beaches.\u00a0 Navigating your family to the most appropriate one can be a tricky art.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a handy guide to choosing the Oahu Beach that is just right for your family\u2019s favorite activities. Best Family Beach (all around): Kailua Beach offers plenty of parking, restrooms, rentals, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94608190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94608190"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97201135,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608190\/revisions\/97201135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94608190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94608190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94608190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}