Pūpūkea, Hawaii

Pūpūkea (Hawaiian White Shell ) in Hawaii is a village of the district Koolauloa on the island of Oahu and is part of the Honolulu County. The district Koolauloa extends to Waimea Bay, on the south and west of Waialua District joins. The city of Honolulu is about 70 km away.

Although Pūpūkea is not a self-governing administrative unit, is recorded as a so-called census-designated place statistically by the Census Bureau.

Geography

Pūpūkea is located on Kamehameha Highway ( State Road 83 ) west to southwest of the Kawela Bay and northeast of Haleiwa.

The territory of the municipality covers an area of 15.8 km ² which is divided to 8.8 km ² land and 7.0 km ² water surface. The high proportion of 44.17 % water can only be explained by the fact that, unusually, a part of the Pacific (probably Waimea Bay) was included in the calculation.

Meteorology

The water is never colder than 21 degrees, the wind blows constantly at around 6 Beaufort. In summer the water is clear and calm. The winter storms of the North Pacific cause, however, up to about 5 meters high waves, which can be predicted a few days.

Demography

2000, the municipality had 4250 inhabitants, in 1455 households and 937 families. The population density was 482.6 inhabitants / km ². There were 1690 housing units at an average density of 191.9 per square kilometer

The inhabitants gave the Census their race as follows: 55.95 % " White " 0.24% "black" or " African American " 0.66% " Native American ", 14.56 % Asian, 6:52 % "Pacific island residents, 1.18 % " Other races". 20.89 % indicate two or more races. 8.38% of the population were Hispanic or Latino race independently.

Of the 32.8% households had children under 18 years old, 48 % were cohabiting spouse, 10.3 % were headed by women with no husband present, 35.6 % of households were not part of a family. 18.7 % of all households were made ​​up of individuals 3.4% were people living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average size of a household was 2.92 and the average family size is 3.35 people.

23.6% were younger than 18, 10.1 % from 18 to 24, 34.7 % 25-44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 7.3 % 65 years or older. The median of the age distribution was 34 years. For every 100 females are 114.6 males.

The median income for a household was $ 56,146, the median family income of $ 62,375. Males had a median income of $ 41,015, a women of $ 32,332. The per capita income was $ 25,682. 15.2 % of the population and 11.4 % of families are below the poverty line. Of the 18 -year-olds were 15.8 % compared to only 6.1% of over-65s.

Tourism

Pūpūkea is a popular residential and holiday resort and is especially in winter by many visitors for surfing, visited in the summer by divers and swimmers. The residential areas of Pukupea located on a part of the beach Sunset Beach and in the hilly hinterland. Most of the other bays and beaches are protected.

Surfing

Oahu and the other Hawaiian Islands host to be the Mother of surfing the world's best beaches and surfing conditions. However, the peak season for surfing are particularly during the winter months.

In Pūpūkea are some of the best surfing spots, such as the Banzai Pipeline, Sunset Beach, and the first real " big-wave spot" in Waimea Bay. There, the television series " Lost" was filmed. The beaches are suitable only for very experienced surfers. The world's major surfing events are held here and in the near vicinity:

• TDK / Gotcha Pro at Sandy Beach in July
• Triple Crown of Surfing ' on the North Shore of Oahu in November
• Morey Bodyboards World Championship on the north coast of Oahu in January
• Buffalo's Big Board Surfing Classic on historic surfboards at Makaha Beach in February

Diving

The rich biodiversity of the marine areas under conservation makes the coast from Pūpūkea a popular diving area. Known dive sites are Three Tables and Sharks Cove in Pūpūkea Beach Park.