Hi Kevin,

Yeah one look a Waikiki and you imagine every beach is rammed to the hilt, but there are plenty of wild and remote beaches around the island to escape the crowds.

Yes you can enjoy the beaches year round as the winter weather is still warm and the sea temperature only drops a touch. We live in OLD England and our beaches are barely usable even in the middle of summer lol

Hope you get out to the islands soon it really is a paradise!

Thanks for reading

Steve

Hi Jerry,

There are sharks in the Waters around Hawaii but in close there is very little to be worried about. The majority are reef sharks and are not in the slightest interested in humans. There are very few attacks a year and most are none fatal. Big shark sightings like great whites and Tigers are very rare. And while just enjoying regular beach activities there is just nothing to worry about. I Have dived with fully grown adult schooling Hammerheads off Molokai and they posed no threat whatsoever. The odds of an attack are miniscule.

The other sea life is equally benign the worst you can expect is standing on a sea urchin. Which is a bit painful.

This said you are right to bring up safely as the beautiful beaches are not as harmless as they can look. The biggest threat in the Ocean is the Ocean itself. We are writing a stay safe on Hawaii Beaches guide right now. But it’s the normal dangers, high surf, rip currents, sharp coral etc…

A lot of people do get in trouble in the ocean in Hawaii every year and high numbers don’t make it so it pay to be cautious. The seas around the islands are so beautiful it’s easy to think of them as harmless. But there are significant dangers.

Thanks

Steve