| Once you've spent a swim or a snorkel in Ko Olina | | | | Ko Olina Lagoons are named Kolola, Hanu, Naia, and |
| Lagoons, other resort beaches would seem pretty | | | | Ulua. Still, they are more popularly referred to as |
| ordinary and lackluster. A family-oriented beach, Ko | | | | Lagoon 1, 2, 3, and 4 (with Lagoon 1 on the |
| Olina Lagoons offers the combined best of nature | | | | westernmost side of the resort, located just |
| and architectural genius in order to provide | | | | opposite Ihilani Resort and Spa). While all lagoons can |
| beachgoers with the best and safest beach | | | | be snorkeled, Lagoon 1 and 2 are a bit cloudy. If you |
| experience in Oahu. | | | | want to snorkel, consider Lagoon 3 and 4. Get to |
| Ko Olina Lagoons is a series of four symmetrical | | | | see a lot of fishes like convict tang, redstriped |
| lagoons fronted by a strip of powdery sand and | | | | pipefish, and Moorish idols when snorkeling as though |
| clean amenities. The shore, in turn, is fringed with a | | | | you are swimming in a gigantic fishbowl. |
| perfectly cultivated seagrass lawn planted with hala | | | | There are a lot of upscale resorts, restaurants, and |
| trees. Each lagoon is then built with a rock barrier in a | | | | golf courses nearby. But though Ko Olina Lagoons |
| semi-circular shape. The rock barrier has been | | | | have less crowd than Waikiki, parking at the resort |
| designed to break and deflect high Pacific surfs. This | | | | can still be a problem especially if you go to Lagoon |
| ensures that water inside each lagoon is calm all year | | | | 1, 2, and 3. The three lagoons have no more than 20 |
| round even when the surrounding area is windy and | | | | parking spaces, while Lagoon 4 has more. Because |
| wavy. | | | | Ko Olina is extremely popular, parking space can |
| With calm protected waters as well as sandy | | | | easily fill up especially on weekends and when school |
| bottom, there's no wonder Ko Olina Lagoons are | | | | is out. Once you get a parking space, going to |
| popular especially among families with kids and | | | | another lagoon is easy. A 1 ½ mile jogging |
| beginning surfers and snorkelers. Anyone can enjoy | | | | track connects one lagoon to the next so visitors |
| the ocean water activities here such as body | | | | can easily explore one lagoon after another. |
| boarding, fishing, and surfing without worrying about | | | | Services and amenities: picnic areas, restrooms, |
| high Pacific surfs. If you are looking for more intense | | | | showers, phones, lifeguards, public access boat ramp, |
| water sports action, then Ko Olina Lagoons is not for | | | | concession cart, wheelchair access. |
| you. | | | | |