Hotels near Kahuku Oahu, Hawaii

A little about Kahuku Oahu...

Kahuku is a community and a census-designated place (CDP) in the Koolauloa District on the Island of Oahu, City & County of Honolulu. In Hawaiian, ka huku means "the projection", presumably a reference to Kahuku Point nearby, the northernmost point of land on the island of Oahu. As of the 2000 Census, Kahuku had a total population of 2,097.

The ZIP Code for Kahuku is 96731—a fact that became well-known in the mid-1970s when a popular television game show, The Diamond Head Game, was contested on the grounds of Del Webb's Kuilima Hotel (today known as the Turtle Bay Resort), located there. At the end of each show the announcer would say, "If you plan to be in Hawaii, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the Diamond Head Game, Kahuku, Oahu 96731." The Fox TV Series, North Shore, was filmed there recently.

Kahuku is located at 21°40'49" North, 157°57'1" West 21.680333, -157.950141. This community is located northwest from Laie and east from Kuilima and Kawela Bay along Kamehameha Highway (State Rte. 83).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.9 km² (2.3 mi²). 2.5 km² (1.0 mi²) of it is land and 3.4 km² (1.3 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 57.46% water, although all of this water is the Pacific Ocean lying off the coast included for some obscure reason in the census tract.

Kahuku (high school) is ranked nationally in the United States for football and is currently (as of 2006) leading in the nation for the most current NFL players from this High school. They include: Chris Kemœatu (Pittsburg Steelers), Maake Kemœatu (Carolina Panthers), Toniu Fonoti (Atlanta Falcons), Chris Naeole (Jacksonville Jaguars), Itula Mili (Seattle Seahawks), Aaron Fransisco (Arizona Cardinals) and many current college football players. Besides football, they have won many titles in Track and Field, Basketball, Wrestling, Water Polo, Volleyball, Judo, and do well in academics and the arts as well.