Kahaluʻu Beach Park is a County beach park on Aliʻi Drive in North Kona, with gray sand and a rocky shoreline. Lifeguards from the Hawaiʻi Fire Department staff it every day, and it has parking, restrooms, a pavilion, showers, drinking water and picnic tables. The bay holds an old coral reef, and its shallow, protected water is a nursery for young marine life. Get in and out through the channel in front of the lifeguard tower, left of the pavilion, rather than over the rocks, which are slippery, sharp and where fish and honu feed. Float over the coral instead of standing, do not stand, kick or walk beyond the orange buoys, and give honu space; they are protected by state and federal law. Use sunscreen whose active ingredients are zinc oxide or titanium dioxide. Conditions change fast, with large waves, strong currents, sharp rocks and sea urchins. Kayaking is not allowed. The County closes the park until mid-morning on the first Thursday of each month, and for the yearly cauliflower coral spawning, so check before you go. Kahaluʻu is a wahi pana, a storied place, with heiau along its shore.
Enter and leave the water by the channel in front of the lifeguard tower, not over the rocks.
