Kailua is on Kailua Bay on the eastern shore of the island of Oahu, 30 to 45 minutes from Waikiki, past Waiamanalo and before Kane'ohe Bay.
Kailua Beach Park is the main beach in the area and has become the windsurfing capital of Hawaii. The windsurfing area is clearly marked with buoys.
The white sand beach has an extremely gentle slope down into the ocean which makes it ideal for families. Six golf courses are within easy reach of the town.
Alohacyberian of Hawaii - Travels with Keith Martin:
General Information
Oahu means, "the gathering place" and is Hawaii's third largest island, Maui and the Big Island of Hawaii being larger. Almost all of the people who live in Hawaii, live on the Island of Oahu, home of the state capital, Honolulu, the only city in the state of Hawaii. Because of Oahu's superior harbors, Pearl Harbor and Honolulu Harbor, King Kamehameha moved his headquarters to Oahu once he'd consolidated all the islands into one kingdom. Legend relates that Papa, the Hawaiian earth mother, returned from Tahiti to the Hawaiian Islands, she learned that her husband, Wakea, had been unfaithful and had impregnated Hina, a young goddess. Papa, scorned and furious, took a young lover, Lua. The liason yielded her a man-child, Oahu, the sixth of the great island children. In geological actuality, Oahu was the second of the major Hawaiian Islands, after Kauai, of the Hawaiian chain to erupt from the sea. The Koolau Range of mountains run almost the entire north-south length of the island dividing the island into the moist, green windward side and the arid, dry leeward side. While the Waianae range is smaller, its Kaala summit is the highest point on Oahu rising 4,020 feet above sea level. Diamond Head crater, just east of Waikiki Beach is perhaps Oahu's most famous landmark.
Virtual Field Trips
For People Planning Trips or for Vicarious Pleasure - Enjoy Five Different Virtual Field Trips of Oahu - Courtesy NASA
Live Cameras
All the Honolulu Traffic Cams (wave to your friends back home), Waikiki Beach, Waikiki Aquarium and University of Hawaii live webcams, including the main campus, Hamilton Library, Kauai Campus, Mauna Kea observatories and other points of interest. Also find links to Maui Cheetah Cams, Satellite Cameras and links to over 2,500 live cameras worldwide.
Set a time to stand in front of one of the Live Webcameras and wave to your friends back home or better yet, talk to them from your cell phone while they watch you wave and talk. For instance if you stand in front of the Kuhio Beach Webcam, your friends at home can click on the "streaming video" version and watch you talk, wave and do the hula!
