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Queen's Surf Beach in Waikiki
Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
Queen's Surf Beach is a popular bodysurfing, swimming,
snorkeling, and surfing beach located in Waikiki's Kuhio
Beach Park near the Kapahulu Groin, the Honolulu Zoo,
the Waikiki Aquarium, and Kapiolani Park.
Copyright © Kathleen Walling Fry
Queen's Surf Beach is located the Diamond Head end of Waikiki.
It was named after Queen Liliuokalani because
at one time her beach house and its pier were located here.
Free Outdoor Movies on Queen's Beach
On weekend evenings, free outdoor films
are shown on a huge movie screen on one side of Queen's Beach
(you can see the movie screen frame in the above picture).
That event includes musical entertainment and food booths
beginning about 4:00 p.m. and the movie usually starts
around 7:00 p.m. For more information about the weekly
movies at Queen's Surf Beach, select "Waikiki Events"
from the menu on the
Waikiki Improvement Association Web site.
Other Activities at Queens Beach
There is a good bodysurfing beach on the Diamond
Head side of the Kapahulu Groin and there is a snorkeling
reef in front of the Waikiki Aquarium. Some parts of
Queen's Surf Beach are known to be popular afternoon gathering
spots for Honolulu's gay community.
Queen's Surf Restaurant and Nightclub
In the 1950's and 1960's there was a popular
restaurant and nightclub in Kapiolani Park
that was known as the Queen's Surf. It was
shut down by Mayor Frank Fasi on December 31, 1969.
His decision was appealed and then upheld by
the Hawaii State Supreme Court, which terminated
the nightclub's lease as of May 31, 1970.
When the Queen's Surf was finally shut down, nearly 700
people tried to crowd into to the club to say goodbye.
After the shutdown, the club's popular Tavana Polynesian
Revue moved to the Hawaiian Hut Nightclub at the
Ala Moana Hotel. The building that housed the
Queen's Surf Nightclub was torn down in 1971.
Location of Queen's Beach
Queen's Surf Beach is located between the Waikiki Aquarium
and the Honolulu Zoo on the Diamond head end of Waikiki.
It can be identified by the pedestrian walkway jutting into
the sea that is known as the
Kapahulu Groin and the huge "Sunset on the Beach"
outdoor movie screen frame on one end of the beach.
Queen's Surf beach is inside Kuhio Beach park.
Attractions near Queen's Beach
Historic Marker 1: Waikiki's Beaches
Historic Marker 2: Surfing in Waikiki
Kapahulu Groin
Honolulu Zoo
Waikiki Aquarium
Kapiolani Park
See also:
More Photos of Waikiki's Beaches
All of Oahu Beaches
Other Attractions on Oahu
Activities on Oahu
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Related Links
Oahu Island - Main Menu
The Islands of Hawaii
Forum for Hawaii Visitors
Hawaii Travel Newsletter
Elsewhere on the Web
1996 Queen's Surf Comfort Station Project
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