While the North Shore of Oahu gets all the attention, when it comes to sizable waves, Makaha, on the west side of the island, is the OG big wave surf spot. That's where pioneers of the sport pushed ...

Makaha has long been known as a beach where haoles, a Hawaiian term for white people and other outsiders, venture at their peril. Located on Oahu’s west coast, far from the glitzy North Shore crowds ...

Winston Churchill said Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. Or maybe he was talking about Joel Tudor. Einstein said it is mystery that is the fundamental emotion that stands at ...

MAKAHA (HawaiiNewsNow) - A long-time surf competition this weekend is drawing crowds to a shrinking beach. And it’s drawing attention to the growing battle with coastal erosion in the islands. Rocks ...

Ha’a Keaulana’s earliest childhood memories are of playing in the ocean with her cousins at home in Makaha on the Westside of Oahu. “I wasn’t allowed to touch the asphalt of the street in front of our ...

All 15 public schools on Kauai, along with Niihau High & Elementary School will be closed Tuesday, Sept. 8, due to anticipated impacts from Hurricane Lowell. County leaders are warning residents of ...

If you happen to be a fan of big-wave surfing, we recently launched Twenty Foot Plus — a new series, chronicling the world’s best big-wave surfers in the heaviest waves on Earth. In between giant ...

MĀKAHA (HawaiiNewsNow) - High surf from Hurricane Lowell has inundated coastal areas on Oʻahu’s leeward coast, forcing the closure of Farrington Highway and flooding ground-floor residential units in ...