Hawaii's Sexiest Beaches

Cathay Che September 5, 2007

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Meanwhile, if you want an actual beach party, you can’t miss the scene at Little Beach inside Maui’s Makena State Park. Although the surrounding area of Wailea is extremely wealthy, Little Beach still maintains its free-spirited roots. Once you arrive, you’ll be stunned into silence by the beautiful wide expanse of Big Beach, perfect for picnics, beach volleyball, a sand run or boogieboarding in the massive shorebreak waves. But for the bold and less inhibited, hippie nirvana awaits over the ridge at the south end at the infamous, clothing-optional Little Beach.

For a different kind of trip, one back in time to the South Pacific of old, there’s the oasis of The Big Island’s Kiholo Bay. Perhaps it's the house at the south end that was imported in pieces from Fiji and reconstructed on this idyllic spot (it belongs to hair guru Paul Mitchell), or the fact that the little sandy islet in the center of the bay looks like the one from The Blue Lagoon, but Kiholo Bay is a secret piece of tropical isle perfection.

If the idea of pristine conditions entices you, look no further than Hulopoe Bay on the pineapple island of Lanai. This exquisite pocket of beach has some of the best swimming and snorkeling in all of Hawaii thanks to the bay’s longstanding status as a marine conservation zone—so get ready to dive in. Development has been slow here: The island is a former pineapple plantation island where deer still outnumber people. But the sandy fringed Hulopoe Bay is reason enough to make the trip from Maui via a 45 minute ferry.

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For privacy and a libido-charged sense of adventure you can’t beat Popahaku Beach on Molokai, the longest straight stretch of white sand beach in the state, hundreds of feet wide, completely undeveloped except for the sand castles of scampering transluscent crabs. Molokai is the most mystical and least visited of all the developed islands. Just a short flight from Maui, it is absolutely the closest you can get to discovering your own private beach.

If you seek more Hollywood-style romance, head straight to Oahu’s Halona Cove, once immortalized in the black and white war classic, From Here to Eternity. This stark little beauty is located below the Halona Blowhole parking lot, and it's rarely crowded on account of the necessary climb down to the sand, easy enough if you’ve been to the gym in past six months, and so worth the effort.

Or here’s a completely novel idea: How about a visit to the youngest beach in the state, if not the world, Kalapana on the Big Island? If you ask a local how to get there, they’ll look at you like you're crazy and tell you the beach was covered up in one of Kilauea volcano’s lava flows over a decade ago. But what nature takes away, it sometimes gives back. Follow the road signs to Kalapana all the way to the end where it is covered with lava, and hike about ten minutes straight out towards the coast over the now smooth, hard rock, and you will hit a virgin volcanic beach so new, it has never made anyone else’s best beach list. Hot enough for you?

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