Updated August 2026
Best beaches in Hawaii by water quality
Hawaii has 448 public beaches in the EPA monitoring dataset, 119 of them with enough bacteria samples to grade. 96 earn an A for consistently clean water. Full ranking below. National lists: cleanest beaches in the US and beaches that exceed bacteria limits most often.
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Cleanest water (Grade A)
- Hanaka‘O‘O Beach Co. Pk. — Maui
- Royal-Moana Beach — Honolulu
- Lualualei Beach Co. Park — Honolulu
- Kaiona Beach Co. Park — Honolulu
| Grade | Beach | County | % over limit | Samples | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Hanaka‘O‘O Beach Co. Pk. | Maui | 0% | 204 | Excellent |
| A | Royal-Moana Beach | Honolulu | 0% | 174 | Excellent |
| A | Lualualei Beach Co. Park | Honolulu | 0% | 145 | Excellent |
| A | Kaiona Beach Co. Park | Honolulu | 0% | 143 | Excellent |
| A | Kalaniana'ole Beach | Honolulu | 0% | 143 | Excellent |
| A | Makaha Beach Co. Park | Honolulu | 0% | 142 | Excellent |
| A | Waimanalo Beach | Honolulu | 0% | 139 | Excellent |
| A | Kohola Lagoon 1 | Honolulu | 0% | 139 | Excellent |
| A | Ala Moana Beach Co. Park, Ewa | Honolulu | 0% | 139 | Excellent |
| A | War Memorial Natatorium | Honolulu | 0% | 136 | Excellent |
| A | Makapu'u Beach Co. Park | Honolulu | 0% | 130 | Excellent |
| A | Waimea Bay Beach Co. Pk. | Honolulu | 0% | 123 | Excellent |
| A | North Ka‘Anapali Beach | Maui | 0% | 120 | Excellent |
| A | Fleming Beach North | Maui | 0% | 118 | Excellent |
| A | Kanaha Beach (2) | Maui | 0% | 114 | Excellent |
| A | Launiupoko St. Wayside | Maui | 0% | 112 | Excellent |
| A | Kama‘Ole Beach 3 | Maui | 0% | 109 | Excellent |
| A | Kahului Harbor | Maui | 0% | 106 | Excellent |
| A | H.P. Baldwin Beach Co. Pk. | Maui | 0% | 102 | Excellent |
| A | White Plains Beach | Honolulu | 0% | 98 | Excellent |
| A | Ho‘Okipa Beach Co. Pk. | Maui | 0% | 97 | Excellent |
| A | Kama‘Ole Beach 2 (Ili‘Iliholo Beach) | Maui | 0% | 96 | Excellent |
| A | Mai Poina Oe Lau Beach Co. Pk. | Maui | 0% | 89 | Excellent |
| A | Kekaha Beach Co. Pk. | Kauai | 0% | 88 | Excellent |
| A | Kualoa Co. Regional Park | Honolulu | 0% | 87 | Excellent |
| A | Kealia | Kauai | 0% | 84 | Excellent |
| A | Anahola Beach Co. Park | Kauai | 0% | 84 | Excellent |
| A | Salt Pond Beach Co. Park | Kauai | 0% | 82 | Excellent |
| A | Waimanalo Beach Co Park | Honolulu | 0% | 64 | Excellent |
| A | Old Kona Airport St. Rec. Area | Hawaii | 0% | 54 | Excellent |
| A | Wawaloli Beach | Hawaii | 0% | 53 | Excellent |
| A | White Sands Beach Co. Pk. (Magic Sands) | Hawaii | 0% | 51 | Excellent |
| A | Ho‘Okena | Hawaii | 0% | 47 | Excellent |
| A | Honaunau Bay | Hawaii | 0% | 47 | Excellent |
| A | Miloli‘I Beach | Hawaii | 0% | 47 | Excellent |
| A | Point Panic Beach Park | Honolulu | 0% | 46 | Excellent |
| A | Ewa Beach | Honolulu | 0% | 46 | Excellent |
| A | Kalama Beach | Honolulu | 0% | 45 | Excellent |
| A | Kahala Hilton Beach | Honolulu | 0% | 44 | Excellent |
| A | Diamond Head | Honolulu | 0% | 44 | Excellent |
| A | Banyan's Surfing Area | Hawaii | 0% | 44 | Excellent |
| A | One'ula Beach Co. Park | Honolulu | 0% | 42 | Excellent |
| A | Kawaihae Harbor | Hawaii | 0% | 42 | Excellent |
| A | Laie Beach Co. Park | Honolulu | 0% | 41 | Excellent |
| A | Kailua Beach | Honolulu | 0% | 40 | Excellent |
| A | Kokololio Beach | Honolulu | 0% | 40 | Excellent |
| A | Kauna‘Oa Beach | Hawaii | 0% | 39 | Excellent |
| A | Oneloa Beach (Big Beach) | Maui | 0% | 38 | Excellent |
| A | Pounders Beach | Honolulu | 0% | 36 | Excellent |
| A | Hapuna Beach St. Rec. Area | Hawaii | 0% | 34 | Excellent |
| A | Mahukona Beach Co. Pk. | Hawaii | 0% | 33 | Excellent |
| A | Ma‘Alaea Beach | Maui | 0% | 29 | Excellent |
| A | Ukumehame Beach Co. Pk. | Maui | 0% | 29 | Excellent |
| A | Pu‘U Ola‘I (Small Beach) | Maui | 0% | 28 | Excellent |
| A | Chun's Reef | Honolulu | 0% | 27 | Excellent |
| A | Nai'a Lagoon 3 | Honolulu | 0% | 26 | Excellent |
| A | Kawaiku'i Beach Park | Honolulu | 0% | 25 | Excellent |
| A | Ice Pond (Single Point) | Hawaii | 0% | 25 | Excellent |
| A | Coconut Island Park | Hawaii | 0% | 25 | Excellent |
| A | Banzai | Honolulu | 0% | 24 | Excellent |
| A | Waipuilani | Maui | 0% | 21 | Excellent |
| A | Lehia Beach Co. Pk. | Hawaii | 0% | 21 | Excellent |
| A | Kuilima Cove | Honolulu | 0% | 20 | Excellent |
| A | Kealia Beach | Honolulu | 0% | 20 | Excellent |
| A | Anaeho‘Omalu Bay | Hawaii | 0.6% | 158 | Excellent |
| A | Kuhio Beach Park | Honolulu | 0.7% | 142 | Excellent |
| A | Kahanamoku Beach | Honolulu | 0.7% | 140 | Excellent |
| A | Hanauma Bay | Honolulu | 0.7% | 140 | Excellent |
| A | Halona Blowhole | Honolulu | 0.7% | 135 | Excellent |
| A | Hale'iwa Ali'i Beach Co. Pk. | Honolulu | 0.8% | 131 | Excellent |
| A | Sunset Beach | Honolulu | 0.8% | 128 | Excellent |
| A | Laniakea Beach | Honolulu | 0.8% | 126 | Excellent |
| A | Kawailoa Beach | Honolulu | 0.8% | 126 | Excellent |
| A | Kama‘Ole Beach 1 | Maui | 0.9% | 108 | Excellent |
| A | Wailea Beach Park | Maui | 1.1% | 88 | Excellent |
| A | Kahe Pt. Beach Co. Pk. | Honolulu | 1.2% | 83 | Excellent |
| A | Holoholokai Beach | Hawaii | 1.4% | 280 | Excellent |
| A | Ke'e Beach | Kauai | 1.5% | 136 | Excellent |
| A | Queen's Surf Beach Park | Honolulu | 1.5% | 68 | Excellent |
| A | Olowalu | Maui | 1.5% | 66 | Excellent |
| A | Pine Trees | Hawaii | 1.8% | 56 | Excellent |
| A | 2nd Beach (Next To Mahaiula) | Hawaii | 1.8% | 56 | Excellent |
| A | Manini‘Owali | Hawaii | 1.9% | 53 | Excellent |
| A | Old Kona Airport (Pawai) | Hawaii | 1.9% | 52 | Excellent |
| A | Poka‘I Bay Beach Co. Pk. | Honolulu | 2.1% | 145 | Excellent |
| A | Fort Kamehameha Beach | Honolulu | 2.2% | 413 | Excellent |
| A | Magic Island Beach | Honolulu | 2.2% | 269 | Excellent |
| A | Wai‘Oli Beach Park | Kauai | 2.2% | 136 | Excellent |
| A | Kailua Beach Middle | Honolulu | 2.2% | 135 | Excellent |
| A | Wai‘Ohai Beach | Kauai | 2.3% | 88 | Excellent |
| A | Po'ipu Beach Co. Park | Kauai | 2.3% | 88 | Excellent |
| A | Manner's Beach | Honolulu | 2.4% | 42 | Excellent |
| A | Manini Point Co. Pk. | Hawaii | 2.4% | 41 | Excellent |
| A | Kahalu‘U Beach Co. Pk. | Hawaii | 2.5% | 158 | Excellent |
| A | Leleiwi Beach Co. Pk. | Hawaii | 2.6% | 152 | Excellent |
| A | Ala Moana Beach Co. Park, Center | Honolulu | 2.7% | 555 | Excellent |
| B | Waialea Bay | Hawaii | 3% | 33 | Good |
| B | Onekahakaha Beach Co. Pk. | Hawaii | 3.1% | 127 | Good |
| B | Keauhou Bay (Kona) | Hawaii | 3.4% | 58 | Good |
| B | Kakaako Waterfront | Honolulu | 3.5% | 821 | Good |
| B | Fort Derussy Beach Park | Honolulu | 3.5% | 491 | Good |
| B | Ala Moana Beach Co. Park, D.H. | Honolulu | 3.7% | 271 | Good |
| B | Keaukaha Beach Park | Hawaii | 4.2% | 96 | Good |
| B | Kamakaokahonu | Hawaii | 4.5% | 333 | Good |
| B | Hilo Bayfront | Hawaii | 4.5% | 133 | Good |
| B | Kalama Beach (South) | Maui | 4.7% | 127 | Good |
| B | Kalapaki Beach | Kauai | 4.7% | 85 | Good |
| B | Sand Island | Honolulu | 4.8% | 1,952 | Good |
| B | Hale'iwa Beach Co. Pk. | Honolulu | 4.8% | 21 | Good |
| B | Lydgate State Park | Kauai | 4.9% | 82 | Good |
| B | Ohai‘Ula Beach | Hawaii | 4.9% | 41 | Good |
| B | Pupukea Beach Co. Pk. | Honolulu | 6.1% | 49 | Good |
| B | Honoli‘I Beach Co. Park | Hawaii | 6.2% | 113 | Good |
| B | Kailua Bay | Hawaii | 6.4% | 47 | Good |
| C | Ke‘Ehi Lagoon | Honolulu | 7.3% | 646 | Fair |
| C | Kuli'ou'ou | Honolulu | 7.7% | 26 | Fair |
| C | Honokohau Beach | Hawaii | 8.4% | 95 | Fair |
| C | James Kealoha Park | Hawaii | 9.2% | 131 | Fair |
| D | Beach House Beach | Kauai | 13% | 23 | Poor |
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Frequently Asked Questions
The table ranks Hawaii beaches by Beach Safety Grade from EPA bacteria samples. Grade A beaches have the fewest exceedances of the safe-swimming limit.
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Hawaii beaches vary. Of 119 graded beaches, 96 earn an A for the fewest bacteria exceedances and 0 earn an F for exceeding the safe-swimming limit most often. A grade is a multi-year record, not a same-day clearance — check the county advisory the day you swim.
The day you swim. A grade is a history of samples, not a same-day clearance — check the county advisory before you get in.