🏄 Oahu · printable plan
Four days on the North Shore
By TopVacay @topvacay. Inspired by TopVacay curator. Prices last checked 2026-10-27. Totals are estimates: $2,633 for 2 travelers.
Recomputed from the price lines stored on each trip. No live hotel, ticket, or airfare feed is connected.
Day by day
Day 1
Drive the long way from Honolulu to the North Shore and stop in Haleiwa.
- Afternoon · Haleiwa town walk
- Evening · Giovanni's shrimp truck
- Overnight · Courtyard Oahu North Shore
Day 2
Watch the winter surf from the beach. This plan does not put anyone in that water.
- Morning · Haleiwa town walk
- Evening · Giovanni's shrimp truck
- Overnight · Courtyard Oahu North Shore
Day 3
A Waikiki swim on the way back through town, where the water is the one for swimming.
- Morning · Waikiki Beach morning
- Overnight · Courtyard Oahu North Shore
Day 4
Honolulu airport. Leave time for the drive down from Laie.
- Open day.
Packing
- SwimsuitsThe water is the point of the day.
- Reef-safe sunscreenThe reef and your shoulders both need it.
- Rash guard for kidsA long swim is easier with a shirt than with another coat of sunscreen.
- Water shoesRocky entries and pool decks are rough on bare feet.
- Hat and a dry bagKeep the phone and the room key out of the surf.
Reserve ahead
- American 1165day 1 once you set dates · Hold the seats before the fare you estimated moves.
- Delta 1159day 4 once you set dates · Hold the seats before the fare you estimated moves.
- Courtyard Oahu North Shoreday 1 once you set dates · This is the room for that night. Reserve it before you count on the rate.
- Courtyard Oahu North Shoreday 2 once you set dates · This is the room for that night. Reserve it before you count on the rate.
- Courtyard Oahu North Shoreday 3 once you set dates · This is the room for that night. Reserve it before you count on the rate.