or dashed against a razor-sharp coral reef. Still. Makaha is the Mecca of the skillful surfer, and 275 of them made their annual pilgrimage to its rumbling breakers for last week’s International ...

Straddling my surfboard in the deep water beside the reef, I surveyed the crowd with a knot in my stomach, feeling that I didn’t belong. Makaha has long been known as a beach where haoles ...

Always crowded every day, but extremely jammed on weekends. Expect to get dropped in on frequently -- that's just the Makaha culture. Easy. Makaha Beach Park, parking right off the road.

MAKAHA (HawaiiNewsNow) - A long-time surf competition this weekend is drawing crowds to a shrinking beach. And it’s drawing attention to the growing battle with coastal erosion in the islands.