Sunset at 30x Speed

When I filmed the winter sunset video, I thought the footage came out pretty nice. But because there was hardly any wind, the sky looked pretty static. The normal trade winds usually blow the clouds fast enough so that you can see them moving with the naked eye quite easily. Since this was not the [...]

Nice Sunset! What a Way to End the Day

It’s probably pretty apparent by now that I like sunsets. I also like sunrises, btw. While filming this sunset, I noticed that most of the beach-goers pretty much stopped talking and just stared out over the waves at the setting sun. It was almost like they were in a trance. A group of Japanese tourists [...]

"From Here to Eternity" Beach

Halona Cove Beach on the Makapuu coast is also known as “Eternity Beach” because it was the beach in that famous scene in “From Here to Eternity”. It is actually nestled under a lookout point overlooking that beach, Blowhole, and Sandy Beach.

Big Wave Surfing at Waimea Bay

Waimea Bay is home to the famous Eddie Aikau Big Wave Surf event. Although they try to have the event every year in December, they can only do it if the waves are big enough and the conditions are rideable. The last time it was held was back in 2004. Here are a few clips [...]

Morning at Sunset Beach

One of our favorite early morning hangouts is Sunset Beach on the famous North Shore of Oahu. It’s a far drive (by Hawaii standards, anyway) of about 40 miles from Honolulu but the reward is having the beach mostly to oneself. It’s hard to beat sipping good coffee on a beautiful morning on the [...]

Winter Waves Pound Sharks Cove

The North Shore of Oahu is well-known for the large and often dangerous winter waves. Here is what it looks like during the summer.
As you can see it is as calm as a lake. It’s even safe enough to go walking in the tidepools at night with a flashlight (if you know what you are [...]

Surfers at Sunrise & Sunset

We know the weather is getting cold as winter approaches. For better or worse, the average temperature in Hawaii only varies 4-8 degrees F between summer and winter. While that means we don’t get the beautiful seasonal changes of higher latitudes, it also means that we have beach weather all year round. Surfers take advantage [...]

Sunrise at Sandy Beach Park

In all of my years in living in Hawaii, I have never once set foot on Sandy Beach. As a kid, I did all my body boarding at other places like Bellows, Sand Island, Waikiki, Waimanalo, etc. Sandy’s is famous for its powerful and dangerous shore break and is not someplace that the inexperienced should [...]

Tide Pool Fish Watching

Tide pools are a great place to look at little fish, crabs, and other sea creatures. And one of the best places for this is a place called Sharks Cove on the North Shore just past Waimea Bay. During the summer months, the water is placid making it very safe for beginners to walk around [...]

Sunset on the North Shore Video

Here’s the video of the sunset at Sunset Beach. I was able to look at the sun
more directly and for longer periods as the sun got closer to the horizon. I
hope I didn’t damage my eyeballs by doing so. Seeing the surfers sit on their
board while watching the sun go down (and looking for the [...]

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