Cockroach Cove

Love this cove and you can see turtles swimming! a little hard to get down but totally worth it.

Cool little beach but can get pretty crowded because of proximity to Waikiki. The current can be strong so be careful!

Beauty right before your eyes! The name of this cove is very deceiving. How can anyone name something so beautiful after something so... yucky?! Beats me, but I didn't see not one cockroach on this beach. In fact, what I saw was a gorgeous aqua beach cove which the cleanest water waves. Luckily, this place goes by two other names which sound way more appealing (Halona Beach Cove and Eternity Beach).

Cockroach cove is a small beach cove that's located between the Halona Blowhole and Hanauma Bay. Although it's small, it's super popular with both locals and tourists alike. Since the blowhole is so close to the cove, people like to come here to take pictures. It's also a great spot to snorkel as the water is super clear and shallow. It's a popular spot for swimming too (of course). Getting down to the cove requires a super short but steepish decent down jagged rocks.

There's a parking lot (the Halona Blowhole parking lot) that fills up pretty quickly. However, since most people just comes to see the views of the blowhole, many people come and leave throughout the day making it easy to find a parking spot at times. Although there was a small crowd of people when I was here, it's waaay less crowded than nearby Hanauma Bay. The water here is just as stunning too. If you have time to trek down to this cove, do it. It's breathtaking and it surely deserves a visit.

Coming here was def a highlight of our trip. Tides weren't as scary as I anticipated, but def don't swim out too far! Climbing the rocks gave us the best sights, just take your time!

Just beautiful. I think this was the highlight of our trip. We actually didn't even know what this was but just happened to drive past it and found it.
Loved swimming in it and there is a small cave thing as well.
Tip: Don't swim too far or you will get sucked in and could die... The waves are strong and you could hit a rock.
Pro Tip: Bring a towel! There is no place to take a shower after.
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Best spot in Oahu! Beautiful little out of the way oasis. A little work to get to-just enough to keep it quiet. Not safe for kids! You need to be a strong swimmer, but beautiful!

I Love coackroach cove, it's one of the most breathtaking attractions in hawaii and a must see. Not safe for swimming in my opinion especially if ur not a very strong swimmer but great for sightseeing and frolicking

OUR FAVORITE BEACH!! So peaceful and so much to do, you can watch the Halona Blowhole, do some small cliff jumps into the cove, explore the volcanic rock formations, lay on the beach, checkout the cave, or take a dip in the ocean! Worth the small climb down to the cove every time. There's many names for the beach such as "Halona Beach Cove", "From Here To Eternity Beach", and of course "Cockroach Cove". While the parking lot isn't very big and this isn't a secret place anymore, you can sometimes get a spot right when you arrive even on the weekends.

Super fun spot to jump in the water, snorkel, rock climb, or explore. It's just a small cove right off the freeway beside Halona Blowhole Lookout. Pretty small, and often has a lot of people around, but really neat if you haven't been.

Known for being a filming location for part of Pirates of the Caribbean (don't ask what part or which movie because Im not sure), lots of people go here to swim. However, my fiancé and I just tried the spotlight activity: adventuring through the cave.

The cave goes from the rock ledge in the middle of the beach, under the highway, and out of the rocks to the other side. It gets progressively smaller until you pretty much need to crawl at the end or you will bash your head on overhead rock projections.

Once side of the cave is a sandy beach, while the other side is super green, full of vegetation and bushes and rock formations, and flowers. There is an overgrown trail once you go through the cave that leads back up to the freeway. Pretty neat! You can also climb up several rocky slopes to catch better views, but make sure you have the right shoes because it will be slippery and wild.

It was a lot of fun, and I would love to go again! Word of advice to the excited reader of this review: if you want to go through the cave, have some sort of light. If you want to climb up the rocky ledge on the other side of the cave, have sufficient shoes for climbing. Otherwise, the overgrown trail on the other side is easy to trek with slippers.

Have fun and take chances!

Wow! This is a must see! Not for flip flops tho- decent shoes needed for scaling up and down the lava rocks and cliffs. The sights are unreal and the blowhole and waves smashing into the cliffs are worth the risk!