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10/10 Excellent
19 Dec 2012
Quite, relaxing place
Just spent a month here in November 2012. Owner made sure to meet me on arrival and departure to make sure everything was okay. She was also responsive to calls or emails with questions.
She is the new owner and is in the process of updating the condo...all for the better based on photos and info when I initially rented it. New bed, air mattress, television, entry table, toilet, hot water heater...
All the beach accessories you will need are provided. Great beach at your doorstep that you don't have to fight people for space of your own. Not too many people during our visit! But if the waves get too big for you (depending on the day!), you can go one mile north to watch the surfers at Makaha Beach. Or go about two miles south to Pokai Beach, where there is a breakwater and a more gradual entry into the water.
You definitely need a car and with traffic and construction, it can be about 30 min or more just from Kapolei back to Makaha. Once you know the times to avoid, we just planned the day around that without any issue. But once you get there and see beach, you won't want to leave.
If you are a light sleeper, bring some earplugs. It took some getting used to the waves on the bedroom side of the condo. And we were three people for part of our stay, and the traffic noise on the living room side (where we used the tall queen size air mattress) may require you to wear them.
We were comfortable with three adults for two weeks, any more, you'll have to really love each other! The rest of the time I was alone at the condo and was completely comfortable - never worried about safety. Gated parking with security at night. We saw them patrolling the beach at 3am.
You'll love it here.