See Green Sea Turtle At Laniakea Beach
Laniakea Beach, popularly known as "Turtle Beach", is the most popular and reliable location on Oahu for turtle sightings. To make the most of your stay at this sea turtle beach, here is all the information you need to know about Laniakea Beach.
The green sea turtle is the kind of turtle that you will meet at Laniakea Beach and pretty much across the Hawaiian Islands (locally known as honu). Please be a ware that the green sea turtle is an endangered species! To assist the turtles, please adhere to the following rules:
- Don’t touch the turtles
- Don’t chase the turtles
- Don’t feed the turtles
- Don’t ride the turtles
How to get to Laniakea Beach
Laniakea Beach is on Oahu's North Shore. (It is located east of Haleiwa and west of Waimea Bay.) There is no designated parking space at Laniakea Beach, but everyone parks across the street, which is perfectly OK. Nobody has ever been ticketed for parking there. Wait until there is a big break in traffic before crossing the street to reach the beach. If there isn't one, a local will typically stop for you and demonstrate some aloha spirit (a.k.a. local kindness). Visitors can get to the spot either by car or bus.
The best time to visit Laniakea Beach
Because turtles do not migrate like whales, there is no "turtle season" as there is for whales. However, we do know that these honu dislike being on the beach when there are large waves. That implies that turtles are less likely to be seen at Laniakea Beach during the winter months on Oahu's North Shore, when the waves are tremendous.
In terms of the ideal time of day, I've discovered that there are usually one or two turtles on the beaches of Laniakea Beach at all hours of the day throughout the summer. However, one of the beach workers said that the best time to view turtles is around sunset.
