I brought my 10 year old son to a Waianae beach. Just him and I. We were relaxing not bothered by anyone when all of a sudden a family brought us plates of food and told us to come join them. I was kind of taken by surprise. I was speaking in Spanish to my son and I assume the family overheard us and wanted to learn some some spanish. They were super interested to know what Mexico is like and I can say we made some really cool friends that day. Everyone was super kind and my son left Hawaii with a great memory.
Thank you for posting this comment...I grew up there and some of the kindest most loving families are from there and I've lived in several other States on the Mainland...the main thing like any other indigenous socio-economically challenged area is to respect the area and the people!!! There is along history to what our Native Population has been thru as you may know and our memory is quite "long." Mahalo Nui and take good care!!! Aloha.
We stayed on Makaha beach for a month and never experienced any issues with the locals. People at the grocery stores offered to help me load my groceries, easily interacted with my kids, and were very polite. Two years later, we stayed near Kailua and the second day there we were told that we were not welcomed, not by a native, but by a “transplant “. I hate to hear such a large number of people categorized as unfriendly. We never forget that we are guests and try to behave accordingly.
That's so hypocritical that a haole would tell you on Hawaii that you're not welcome. Also I hate that part of Kailua where it's completely gentrified.
Kailua has the worst transplants on the island. A buddy that visited said it was the place with the less aloha. He wanted me to tell him a place with less whities 😅 that was coming from him..a blonde hair blue eyed surfer guy!
I spent a week in Makaha - this was about 6 years ago - we had a great time. No trouble at all. But then, there's really not much to do out there, which is why we stayed there in the first place. There's not a lot of opportunity to really interact with other people because we were either hiking or in the ocean or resting at the place we rented.
I stayed at a hostel in Makaha a couple blocks from the beach. The proprietor picked me up from the airport in a van with the bay windows in the back removed. He told me he just left it that way to avoid people breaking the windows. He also told me he could leave anything he wanted in the van because the crooks assumed there was nothing in it. He also told me if your car was seen as a rental car it would be broken into. I stayed for 2 weeks and had zero problems with the locals. He hooked me up with a couple locals happy to drive me around the are to run errands and show me the local scene.
I went to Waianae elementary until 6 th grade. Then moved to Guam for a year. We really missed Hawaii. Living in San Diego now but still visit the islands.
Visited Makaha a few times, fantastic beach, lots of local families surfing, very friendly, thank you🤙. Only time i experienced crime in Hawaii was in Honolulu area ( car was broken into, some towels got stolen 😂 )
I like chime in... Leeward-born haole surfer here (Waipahu; non-Military; 4th generation haole surfer). Makaha and Waianae *are* rough. Literally the wild west of Oahu. BUT, show love get love. I surfed Yokes shorebreak my entire life and if I shut up and surfed, I didn't get beef. Double BUT, I knew better than to bring my mouthy mainland cousins to Yokes. That said, my biggest fear on Oahu was always Townie Mokes. They seemed to a) have the most to prove and b) weren't surfers lidat.
I go kayak fishing in Makaha from 3:30 am almost every week...Pretty sketchy looking area but I haven't had any problems there. No one has hassled me or broken into my car.
A long time ago, the royalists invited my family to Oahu, and even then, the local hawaiian kids would call me "Haole" when I went to surf Makaha. The best waves on Oahu are on the west side and the indigenous people do not want exploiters to ruin their beautiful home.
The paradise is a paradise. Makaha is the home of the best beaches ever. Homeless is an issue all over the world. So be mindful of ur surroundings. Common sense. Our home of Makaha is a place for tuff hearted and the ones who seeks hidden beauty within the valleys from nanakuli to kaena point.
As a local, i tell others if you have to go to Waianae make sure you have a full tank of gas and an empty bladder. People have been MURDERED at the Nanakuli McDonalds.
Lately it isn't unless you are with a local you fine. Homeless and chronic tend to leave locals alone. Unless it's mainland homeless and chronic which we have a lot now because the mainland be dumping their homeless and criminals here too.
Hi, I actually just moved to Hawaii with my husband looking for a friend to create travel content! I am a real person HAHA. I came from the last video Halweia video because looks like that will be the area we will moving to. I am just looking for find some content buddy friends.
Makakilo grown 40+years. There's shitty people sprinkled all over the place. Newcomers just have to be safe, respectful, and use common sense. I stick to them rules wherever I go, in the islands or not.🫵🏽🙏🏽🤙🏽
I brought my 10 year old son to a Waianae beach. Just him and I. We were relaxing not bothered by anyone when all of a sudden a family brought us plates of food and told us to come join them. I was kind of taken by surprise. I was speaking in Spanish to my son and I assume the family overheard us and wanted to learn some some spanish. They were super interested to know what Mexico is like and I can say we made some really cool friends that day. Everyone was super kind and my son left Hawaii with a great memory.
Thank you for posting this comment...I grew up there and some of the kindest most loving families are from there and I've lived in several other States on the Mainland...the main thing like any other indigenous socio-economically challenged area is to respect the area and the people!!! There is along history to what our Native Population has been thru as you may know and our memory is quite "long." Mahalo Nui and take good care!!! Aloha.
@@kalania14 A lot of beautiful people on west side! Aloha :)
We stayed on Makaha beach for a month and never experienced any issues with the locals. People at the grocery stores offered to help me load my groceries, easily interacted with my kids, and were very polite. Two years later, we stayed near Kailua and the second day there we were told that we were not welcomed, not by a native, but by a “transplant “. I hate to hear such a large number of people categorized as unfriendly. We never forget that we are guests and try to behave accordingly.
That's so hypocritical that a haole would tell you on Hawaii that you're not welcome. Also I hate that part of Kailua where it's completely gentrified.
Kailua has the worst transplants on the island. A buddy that visited said it was the place with the less aloha. He wanted me to tell him a place with less whities 😅 that was coming from him..a blonde hair blue eyed surfer guy!
I spent a week in Makaha - this was about 6 years ago - we had a great time. No trouble at all. But then, there's really not much to do out there, which is why we stayed there in the first place. There's not a lot of opportunity to really interact with other people because we were either hiking or in the ocean or resting at the place we rented.
I stayed at a hostel in Makaha a couple blocks from the beach. The proprietor picked me up from the airport in a van with the bay windows in the back removed. He told me he just left it that way to avoid people breaking the windows. He also told me he could leave anything he wanted in the van because the crooks assumed there was nothing in it. He also told me if your car was seen as a rental car it would be broken into. I stayed for 2 weeks and had zero problems with the locals. He hooked me up with a couple locals happy to drive me around the are to run errands and show me the local scene.
I grew up on the west side. Lived in Waianae and Makaha. I am a white guy and sometimes things were rough. Great experience with good people..😮😊
So did I, did you graduate there? What year? I graduated waianae high 1989.
I went to Waianae elementary until 6 th grade. Then moved to Guam for a year. We really missed Hawaii. Living in San Diego now but still visit the islands.
@@jermccann7425so you went to elementary school there not HS lol big difference.
Visited Makaha a few times, fantastic beach, lots of local families surfing, very friendly, thank you🤙.
Only time i experienced crime in Hawaii was in Honolulu area ( car was broken into, some towels got stolen 😂 )
Yea Makaha can be pretty great. That's too bad about your car tho. At least it was only the towels
I like chime in... Leeward-born haole surfer here (Waipahu; non-Military; 4th generation haole surfer). Makaha and Waianae *are* rough. Literally the wild west of Oahu. BUT, show love get love. I surfed Yokes shorebreak my entire life and if I shut up and surfed, I didn't get beef. Double BUT, I knew better than to bring my mouthy mainland cousins to Yokes.
That said, my biggest fear on Oahu was always Townie Mokes. They seemed to a) have the most to prove and b) weren't surfers lidat.
This is all very interesting...thank you!
Stayed in Waianae. There was a roughly 2 mile section of beach that had semi permanent tents ⛺️. I enjoyed that part of the island. 😊
yeah lots of vagrants, crazies and drug addicts there, otherwise a nice place
This is so sad...I lived on Oahu from 1972 til 1976 and it was paradise on earth and now, now what have they done to paradise?
I live in Makaha. Some great beaches but not a great place for tourists as very few places to eat other than fast food.
I grew up visiting my grandparents in Makaha. Many years at the Princess. Loved it so much. Tamuras was always my favorite grocery store..
I go kayak fishing in Makaha from 3:30 am almost every week...Pretty sketchy looking area but I haven't had any problems there. No one has hassled me or broken into my car.
A lot of them have not been there since the 1800s they all moved from the mainland in the 1950s
A long time ago, the royalists invited my family to Oahu, and even then, the local hawaiian kids would call me "Haole" when I went to surf Makaha. The best waves on Oahu are on the west side and the indigenous people do not want exploiters to ruin their beautiful home.
The paradise is a paradise. Makaha is the home of the best beaches ever. Homeless is an issue all over the world. So be mindful of ur surroundings. Common sense. Our home of Makaha is a place for tuff hearted and the ones who seeks hidden beauty within the valleys from nanakuli to kaena point.
Best sidah, West sidah, out sidah, SEA RIDAH......CheeeeHooooo🤙🏽
As a local, i tell others if you have to go to Waianae make sure you have a full tank of gas and an empty bladder. People have been MURDERED at the Nanakuli McDonalds.
well shit... now it feels like no part of the island is safe. wtf?!
its completely safe just fear mongering. keep ypur head on a swivel be respectful you will be perfectly fine.
Lately it isn't unless you are with a local you fine. Homeless and chronic tend to leave locals alone. Unless it's mainland homeless and chronic which we have a lot now because the mainland be dumping their homeless and criminals here too.
Braddah no go west side so ghetto
😂 we get good food trucks, great beaches and GREAT WEED
Hi, I actually just moved to Hawaii with my husband looking for a friend to create travel content! I am a real person HAHA. I came from the last video Halweia video because looks like that will be the area we will moving to. I am just looking for find some content buddy friends.
Real person? Just for content? Haha WTF! Don’t stay for long… leave
Avoid the whole island!
Yea please don’t ever go to Oahu!!! 😉
be a man and you are ok
Makakilo grown 40+years. There's shitty people sprinkled all over the place. Newcomers just have to be safe, respectful, and use common
sense. I stick to them rules wherever I go, in the islands or not.🫵🏽🙏🏽🤙🏽
Good advice! Mahalo for sharing