It’s official: big surf season is upon us. This morning’s surf report announced gargantuan swells along the north-facing shores of all the Hawaiian Islands. Surf heights of 10 to 15 feet are expected today on the north-facing shores of Oahu, Molokai and Maui, while surf of 14 to 18 feet is expected along the north […]
Two explosive eruptions rocked the Halemaumau crater vent at the summit of Kilauea volcano this weekend, expelling mushroom clouds of glowing hot gas, ash and rock particles. The explosions were the most dramatic of seven seismic events occurring between Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning at the volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island. United States Geological Survey
Two of Hawaii’s most-enduring homegrown sports events happen this weekend: The Ironman World Triathlon Championship on Saturday and the Molokai Hoe on Sunday. If you’re on the right island, you can watch at least one of them in-person. Kailua-Kona, on the Big Island of Hawaii’s perpetually sunny west side, hosts the Ironman annually. The race—celebrating
The leaves don’t change color or drop off the trees during Hawaii’s fall season. Instead, our fall provides some of the sunniest skies and warmest temperatures we get all year. Truth? I’m wishing I was outside right now. Hotel and resort specials abound for the off-season traveler this time of year. Even at luxury properties.
The view from my laptop should be this good every morning. A sweeping vista of the south Kona coastline and the teal waters of Kealakekua Bay from more than a thousand feet up the slopes of Mauna Loa. In the lush rainforest and fruit trees on either side of my veranda rocking chair, all of
It’s tough. But we’ll try to curb the profusion of cute here. These are the first photos released of three tiger cubs born at the Honolulu Zoo last month. The three-week-old Sumatran tiger cubs were born Sept. 15—the first tiger brood birthed at the Waikiki zoo in 27 years. Honolulu Zoo officials say the cubs
A new Parker Ranch tour takes guests out to historical acreage rarely seen by the public and still worked by real paniolo. We haven’t been on it yet. But it sounded intriguing. The ranch’s four-hour Cattle Country Tour isn’t for folks interested in roughing it on the range. There’s no saddle time. Instead, you’ll be
Your next Oahu vacation could help cure breast cancer. Six Waikiki hoteliers are pairing with the Oahu Visitors Bureau for “Travel Pink! Travel Oahu,” a travel program benefiting the Hawaii chapter of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The national organization is a longtime leader in the fight against breast cancer—funding research, education and patient
Hawaii loves baseball, but it doesn’t have a Major League Baseball team. Actually, it doesn’t have any professional sports teams, that is except for the Hawaii Winter Baseball League. This winter league is always stocked with up-and-coming players from the Major League’s farm teams and from Japan’s professional leagues. The eighth season of HWB league
If you’re a museum junkie, make your Saturday plans now. Will it be a morning immersed in Hawaiian history and culture at Bishop Museum, or an afternoon at the Hawaii State Art Museum perusing the works of the Islands’ best artists? How about both … free of charge? And perhaps another museum, if you can
Sorry, we just couldn’t resist the plethora of cuteness here. Actor Chris Noth—a.k.a. “Mr. Big” of the Emmy-winning HBO series Sex and the City—was snapped at Maui airport yesterday, awaiting a flight to points unknown after a weeklong vacation. The real star of the photos, though, isn’t the leisurely-attired Noth, 53, or his girlfriend Tara
Travel + Leisure readers love Honolulu. More than 125,000 of them recently went online to rank 25 U.S. cities for the magazine’s 2008 America’s Favorite Cities survey. It was a lengthy survey, 45 categories in all, ranking everything from a city’s food, nightlife and shopping to its people, quality of life and culture. Honolulu ranked
