Here you'll find the top 22 beaches on the Big Island, ranked by a beach lover, a beach connoisseur, who intimately know the beaches of this magical isle.


From a secluded beach at the bottom of the world's most active volcano, to a white sand crescent moon beach with a 5-star hotel, you'll find the beach of your dreams!


Want to camp on a rugged beach in an uninhabited valley, and sleep to the sound of wild surf? want to sit atop a sugary white sand dune and watch silvery dolphins leap from turquoise waters into the gold sky in the diamond sunshine?


Or maybe you want to swim in an emerald-green bay so close to spinner dolphins that you can hear them joyfully singing to one another? What about boogie-boarding on the best beach in the Islands, where the surf never stops rolling, and whose white sands magically disappear and then reappear?


They are all waiting for you here in


The New Insider's Guide to the Best Beaches Big Island Hawaii!





Want to go where wild horse run up and down a black sand beach in a valley of waterfalls? Or would you like to leave your footprints on a bejeweled green sand beach, sparkling with semiprecious stones, on a windswept, steep-cliffed bay, with nothing between you and Antartica, but the deep blue sea?


This guide, written by a beach lover who came to Hawaii for its beaches will take you to the best beaches.