Family beaches on Hawaii (Big Island)

12 of the 27 Hawaii (Big Island) beaches here clear both bars — toilets and parking each within 250m — and the top 12 are ranked below. 0 of the qualifying beaches also have a playground mapped nearby, and 1 have a lifeguard station on the map. Nothing here should be read as a beach being safe or supervised; check conditions on arrival.

To appear at all, a beach needs mapped toilets within 250m and mapped parking within 250m — the two things that decide whether a day out with small children works. Beyond that, playgrounds, picnic tables, showers, drinking water, a park behind the beach and a mapped lifeguard station move a beach up. We never state that a beach has NO lifeguard: only 6% of Hawaii's beaches carry the tag either way, so silence means unknown, not unpatrolled. Never assume a beach is patrolled.

1. 1Punalu'u Black Sand BeachHawaii (Big Island)

   parking 32m from the sandtoilets 39mshowersdrinking waterlifeguard station mapped275m long

2. 2Hapuna BeachHawaii (Big Island)

   parking 46m from the sandtoilets 42mshowersdrinking waterBBQ5 places to eat within 1km

3. 3Honl's BeachHawaii (Big Island)

   parking 39m from the sandtoilets 17mshowersdrinking water12 places to eat within 1km135m long

4. 4Waialea BeachHawaii (Big Island)

   parking 156m from the sandtoilets 55mshowers434m long

5. 5Mauna Kea BeachHawaii (Big Island)

   parking 150m from the sandtoilets 59mshowers4 places to eat within 1km413m long

6. 6Anaehoomalu BeachHawaii (Big Island)

   parking 161m from the sandtoilets 25mshowers12 places to eat within 1km478m long

7. 7Kūhiō BeachHawaii (Big Island)

   parking 169m from the sandtoilets 147mdrinking water4 places to eat within 1km456m long

8. 8Kikaua Point BeachHawaii (Big Island)

   parking 248m from the sandtoilets 4mdrinking water210m long

9. 9Kaelehuluhulu BeachHawaii (Big Island)

   parking 30m from the sandtoilets 54mBBQ394m long

10. 10Kapa'a BeachHawaii (Big Island)

    parking 40m from the sandtoilets 47mBBQ36m long

11. 11Kumukea BeachHawaii (Big Island)

    parking 173m from the sandtoilets 118m5 places to eat within 1km897m long

12. 12Lagoon BeachHawaii (Big Island)

    parking 195m from the sandtoilets 138m12 places to eat within 1km119m long

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Facilities, parking and shoreline data come from OpenStreetMap, and a beach can only be ranked on what somebody has mapped — "not mapped" is not the same as "not there". Distances are measured to the nearest point of the beach itself.