Was ist los in Honolulu (Oahu), Vereinigte Staaten – übers Jahr

Hochbetrieb – laut Redaktion der vollste Monat, Christmas and New Year

• Risiko

  Box jellyfish influx

  1. Jan. – 31. Dez. · meistInsekten & Krankheiten

  Eight to ten days after each full moon, box jellyfish come inshore on the south-facing beaches and Waikiki, Ala Moana and Hanauma post warning signs for two or three days. The lifeguards know the dates in advance. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Vog on southerly winds (1. Okt. – 30. Apr. (meist)), North Shore big-wave season (1. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)), Humpback whale season (15. Nov. – 15. Mai (meist)), Christmas and New Year (24. Dez. – 1. Jan.)

Hochbetrieb – laut Redaktion der vollste Monat

Im Februar beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Box jellyfish influx (1. Jan. – 31. Dez. (meist)), Vog on southerly winds (1. Okt. – 30. Apr. (meist)), North Shore big-wave season (1. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)), Humpback whale season (15. Nov. – 15. Mai (meist))

Viel los – zwischen den Hochphasen, Spring break in Vereinigte Staaten

Im März beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Box jellyfish influx (1. Jan. – 31. Dez. (meist)), Vog on southerly winds (1. Okt. – 30. Apr. (meist)), Humpback whale season (15. Nov. – 15. Mai (meist))

Viel los – zwischen den Hochphasen, Japanese Golden Week

• Saison

  South shore surf season

  15. Apr. – 30. Sep. · meist

  The swell switches round to the south and Waikiki and Ala Moana start working, while the North Shore lies flat enough to snorkel.

• Feiertag

  Japanese Golden Week

  27. Apr. – 7. Mai · meistVoll

  Japan's run of public holidays at the turn of April into May fills Waikiki, the outlet buses and the Diamond Head trail the way nothing but Christmas does. Rates on Kalakaua move for the whole fortnight. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Box jellyfish influx (1. Jan. – 31. Dez. (meist)), Vog on southerly winds (1. Okt. – 30. Apr. (meist)), Humpback whale season (15. Nov. – 15. Mai (meist))

Viel los – zwischen den Hochphasen, Japanese Golden Week

• Festival

  Lei Day

  1. MaiGroßes Festival

  The first of May is Lei Day, with a lei contest, hula and music at Kapiolani Park. A small, local, entirely unbranded thing. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Lantern Floating Hawaii

  24.–31. Mai · meistNationalfeiertagVoll

  Memorial Day evening at Ala Moana Beach Park: several thousand lanterns go out on the water at sunset and about fifty thousand people watch from the sand. Parking on the peninsula is gone by mid-afternoon. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Box jellyfish influx (1. Jan. – 31. Dez. (meist)), South shore surf season (15. Apr. – 30. Sep. (meist)), Japanese Golden Week (27. Apr. – 7. Mai (meist)), Humpback whale season (15. Nov. – 15. Mai (meist))

Hochbetrieb – laut Redaktion der vollste Monat, King Kamehameha Day

• Risiko

  Central Pacific hurricane season

  1. Juni – 30. Nov.

  The season runs from June to the end of November. Direct hits are rare, but a passing system brings days of high surf and rain on the leeward side. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  King Kamehameha Day

  8.–14. Juni · meistNationalfeiertagSchließungen

  A state holiday on 11 June. The statue downtown is draped in lei long enough to need a cherry-picker, and a floral parade with pau riders runs from Iolani Palace down to Kapiolani Park. State offices and sites close. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Box jellyfish influx (1. Jan. – 31. Dez. (meist)), South shore surf season (15. Apr. – 30. Sep. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – laut Redaktion der vollste Monat, Independence Day

• Feiertag

  Independence Day

  3.–5. JuliNationalfeiertagVollSchließungen

  The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend. Claim a viewing spot early. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Box jellyfish influx (1. Jan. – 31. Dez. (meist)), South shore surf season (15. Apr. – 30. Sep. (meist)), Central Pacific hurricane season (1. Juni – 30. Nov.)

Hochbetrieb – laut Redaktion der vollste Monat, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

Im August beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Box jellyfish influx (1. Jan. – 31. Dez. (meist)), South shore surf season (15. Apr. – 30. Sep. (meist)), Central Pacific hurricane season (1. Juni – 30. Nov.)

Viel los – zwischen den Hochphasen, Aloha Festivals

• Festival

  Aloha Festivals

  1.–30. Sep. · meistGroßes FestivalVoll

  A month of Hawaiian music, hula and a royal court, ending with the floral parade down Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Box jellyfish influx (1. Jan. – 31. Dez. (meist)), South shore surf season (15. Apr. – 30. Sep. (meist)), Central Pacific hurricane season (1. Juni – 30. Nov.)

Zwischensaison – zwischen den Hochphasen

• Risiko

  Vog on southerly winds

  1. Okt. – 30. Apr. · meistVulkanaktivität

  When the trades drop and the wind swings round to the south, volcanic haze off Kilauea drifts up the chain and sits over Oahu for a few days: flat light, no horizon, sore throats. It depends on the volcano being active. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Box jellyfish influx (1. Jan. – 31. Dez. (meist)), Central Pacific hurricane season (1. Juni – 30. Nov.)

Viel los – zwischen den Hochphasen, Triple Crown of Surfing

• Saison

  North Shore big-wave season

  1. Nov. – 28. Feb. · meistSurfsaisonRisiko

  Winter swell turns the north-facing shores into a spectator sport and closes them to swimming. The beaches that are safe in July are not the ones that are safe now.

• Festival

  Triple Crown of Surfing

  12. Nov. – 20. Dez. · meistSurfsaisonVoll

  A waiting period rather than a fixture: the contests run on the days the swell shows up, and Kamehameha Highway to the North Shore stops moving when they do. Quelle ↗

• Natur

  Humpback whale season

  15. Nov. – 15. Mai · meist

  The humpbacks arrive from Alaska and are around the islands into spring, with the most of them in February. Boats and swimmers have to stay a hundred yards off. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  Thanksgiving

  25.–29. Nov.NationalfeiertagVollSchließungen

  Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Box jellyfish influx (1. Jan. – 31. Dez. (meist)), Central Pacific hurricane season (1. Juni – 30. Nov.), Vog on southerly winds (1. Okt. – 30. Apr. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – laut Redaktion der vollste Monat, Triple Crown of Surfing

• Festival

  Honolulu Marathon

  13. Dez.SporteventVollSchließungenFrüh buchen

  Tens of thousands run it, a large share of them flying in from Japan, and Waikiki hotels price the weekend accordingly. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  Christmas and New Year

  24. Dez. – 1. Jan.Weihnachten & NeujahrSchließungenVoll

  Christmas Day and New Year's Day are federal holidays: on 25 December most shops, museums and many restaurants close, and airports stay busy through the week between as families travel. New Year's Eve fills bars and restaurants, many at set-menu prices. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Box jellyfish influx (1. Jan. – 31. Dez. (meist)), Vog on southerly winds (1. Okt. – 30. Apr. (meist)), North Shore big-wave season (1. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)), Triple Crown of Surfing (12. Nov. – 20. Dez. (meist)), Humpback whale season (15. Nov. – 15. Mai (meist)), Thanksgiving (25.–29. Nov.)