Eat· Oahu· Hawaii
Turtle Bay Resort
21° 42.3′ N · 157° 59.9′ W
The North Shore's only big resort, on the Kuilima Point peninsula and renamed The Ritz-Carlton O'ahu, Turtle Bay on July 31, 2024, with oceanfront bars and restaurants overlooking Kuilima Cove and Turtle Bay.
Practical
57-091 Kamehameha Hwy, Kahuku. Dining listed on the hotel site (2026): Alaia (signature restaurant), Off The Lip lobby bar, Sunset Pool Bar with daily live music, Beach House by Roy Yamaguchi at Kuilima Cove, Lei Lei's Bar & Grill on the golf course, Ho'olana coffee, and a weekly paniolo luau. Activities include snorkeling (also a night snorkel), a kayak turtle tour, a Kawela canoe tour, horseback and bike rides. The hotel posts high-surf alerts for North Shore road closures. No marina or moorings; reach it by road or by dinghy from a settled-weather anchorage only.
Best for
Sunset drinks and a resort meal on the North Shore
Season
Year-round
Nearby
- Kawela Bay Anchorage (Turtle Bay)0.8 NM away
- Ted's Bakery (Sunset Beach)2.7 NM away
- Humpback Whale Season (North Oahu Sanctuary Unit)3 NM away
- Kahuku Medical Center3 NM away
- Kahuku Shrimp Trucks3.3 NM away
- Sunset Beach and Banzai Pipeline3.8 NM away
- Shark's Cove (Pupukea Marine Life Conservation District)4.8 NM away
- Foodland Pupukea (Waimea Bay)4.9 NM away