Today we hired a car in order to visit some of the lovely beaches on the island of Oahu. We had seen many on our island tour but in the pouring rain, which wasn't quite the same.
We drove to the North Shore to visit Waimea. This is said to be President Obama's favourite beach and although it is not huge, in the winter it is the place for surfing giant waves.
The waves were spectacular and fairly dangerous looking and the lifeguards were urging parents not to let their children enter the water alone. We stood and watched the waves for a while and then after the customary degree of consideration we spread out our towel on the top of a steep shelf of sand and sat on it.
It was blissful sitting in the sun watching the water until suddenly a larger than average wave ran long fingers of water straight up the shelf of sand! In a single moment we were soaked in seawater, beach bag too and we spent the next half an hour wringing the water out of the towel! To crown it all, it then rained. We moved on.
Here are some of the other beaches that we visited today..
A lovely day and probably some of the most beautiful beaches I have ever seen (but no swimming).
Hired a car? Getting really adventurous now! Love to be a bird in the tree( no wall for a fly) when that wave came up. Lovely beaches.
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