Welcome to Haleiwa Town Hawaii

Haleiwa Town Hawaii| North Shore-Oahu, Hawaii

	Surfing, Fishing, Biking, Paragliding, Diving, Snorkeling, Shopping, Dining, Nature Viewing, and RELAXING are just a few of the daily activities awaiting your visit to Haleiwa. Aloha and Mahalo!

	Grab a board and head to the beach!

	Historic twin-span "Rainbow Bridge" over the Anahulu River marks the north end entrance to old Haleʻiwa Town

ALOHA!

Welcome to Haleiwa, Hawaii-Located on the North Shore of Oahu- Haleiwa is the first stop along the North Shore, which is about a one-hour drive from Waikiki. This laid-back surf town is the social and artistic hub of the North Shore. This neighborhood’s historic plantation-era buildings house cool surf shops, restaurants, art galleries, and boutique shops. This is also the perfect place to grab a bite of ono (delicious) food after a day at the beach. Here you will find all the information you need to learn more about this amazing town.

Here's what Outside Magazine had to say about Haleiwa
upon naming it the Best Surf Town of 2006:

"Surf capitals come and go, but for nearly half a century, one thing hasn't changed: The road to surfing stardom still rolls right through Haleiwa, gateway to Oahu's North Shore and some of the sport's most fabled waves: Pipeline, Sunset, Waimea. In a sense, Haleiwa, which marks one end of the "seven-mile miracle" stretch of beaches and some 40 surf breaks, is two different towns. One materializes every winter, when thousands of fans and photographers follow the planet's best surfers—including North Shore residents Jamie O'Brien, Pancho Sullivan, and Fred Patacchia—as they converge for high-profile contests like the World Cup and the Pipe Masters, braving sometimes-lethal shallow reefs, monster tubes, and wave faces that can top 30 feet. Once the mobs and the hype (and the swells) die down, the other Haleiwa reappears: a sleepy old sugar-mill town where Jack Johnson learned to strum a guitar at backyard barbecues. It's a laid-back anti-Waikiki, where feral chickens shriek from the branches of mango trees, locals gear up at any of a dozen or so surf shops and refuel on ahi tacos at Cholo's, and grandparents cheer on longboarding preteens in the annual Menehune Surf Championships. On the job front, survival often entails doubling up on tourist-related gigs, driving an hour or so to Honolulu, or sponging off your friends. On the surfing front, respect is earned, not granted: Wise newcomers start out at the less hyped, less crowded breaks, such as Kammies or the more challenging Pupukea, until they find their place in the pecking order."
Credits: Outside Magazine Staff