North Shore Neighborhood Overview
Pipeline, Haleiwa, Slow-Mo Aloha
2of 54 Oahu Neighborhoods
🧭Bordered by: Kaena Point to the west, Kahuku Point and Turtle Bay to the east. This is Oahu's northern Pacific Coast, encompassing Mokuleia, Waialua, Haleiwa, Waimea Bay, Pupukea, Sunset Beach, Kawela Bay, and Turtle Bay.
📌Widely recognized as the place for: Big waves, The Eddie, Banzai Pipeline, Turtle Traffic, and the ultimate surf lifestyle.
👕You can spot a North Shore local by: Sandy hair, reef cuts, board racks, and barefoot grocery runs.
👍Move here for: Epic surf, country living, turtles flexing beach etiquette.
👎The downside to North Shore is: One-road chokepoints, winter crowds, flood days, shoreline erosion.
✨The overall feel is: Salty, sleepy, surf royalty reigns.
Salt-crusted dreamers chasing winter swells and garlic shrimp.
