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Kahawai Beach Support Park,  North Shore, Oahu

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Introduction

Ke 'Iki Beach is a steep sandy cusped beach fronting Kahawai Beach Support Park, and located directly east of Shark Cove. The beach’s heavy, explosive shorebreak and steep, cusped nature and bordering rocks produce extremely hazardous conditions, and swimming is strongly advised against. Backwash sweeps into the shorebreak and a strong rip flows against the bordering jagged rock points.

This description is taken from John R. K. Clarks book "Beaches of Oahu - Revised Edition" which is published by University of Hawai'i Press and available from amazon.com at this link. We thank John R. K. Clark for providing his description of Hawaii's beaches to improve beach safety.