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Leeward Side Oahu QTVR

by ALOHA DEAN

 

Leeward means the side of the island that is  facing away from the prevailing trade winds. Pearl Harbor's three "lochs" or bays form a cloverleaf pattern in the coastline between Honolulu and Barbers Points. 
West of Pearl Harbor dense sugarcane boarders the highway for about 9 miles between Waipahu and Kahe Point.
Gleaming beaches skirt Hawaiian homestead land between Kahe Point and the surfing beach at Makaha. This is the leeward Oahu, sheltered from the trade winds by the Wainae Mountains