Kawela Bay

Kawela Bay, Hawaii
Census-designated place
Location in Honolulu County and the state of Hawaii
Coordinates: 21°42′10″N 158°0′40″W / 21.70278°N 158.01111°W / 21.70278; -158.01111Coordinates: 21°42′10″N 158°0′40″W / 21.70278°N 158.01111°W / 21.70278; -158.01111
Country	United States
State	Hawaii
Area
• Total	2.0 sq mi (5.2 km2)
• Land	0.6 sq mi (1.5 km2)
• Water	1.4 sq mi (3.7 km2)
Elevation	9 ft (3 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	330
• Density	170/sq mi (63/km2)
Time zone	Hawaii-Aleutian (UTC-10)
Area code(s)	808
FIPS code	15-32700
GNIS feature ID	1867256

Kawela Bay is a census-designated place and small community in the Koʻolauloa District on the northern coast of the island of Oʻahu, City & County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. In Hawaiian, ka wela means "the heat". As of the 2010 Census, the CDP had a population of 330.

Kawela Bay is adjacent to (just west of) the Turtle Bay Resort. Land for a Kawela Bay Beach park was allocated, but not improved. Coastal features and shorelines (including Kawela Bay itself) are mostly hidden from the traveler along Kamehameha Highway, although access to the shore can be found at Waialeʻe Beach Park with Kukaimanini, an offshore islet. This area to the west is the North Shore of Oʻahu. For those travelling east, the road turns inland at Kawela to cross the Kahuku Plain where the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge preserves some wetland habitat, coming again to the coast at Hukilau Beach in Lāʻie on the windward (koʻolau) side of Oʻahu.

The U.S. postal code for Kawela Bay, Turtle Bay and nearby Kuilima is 96731.

Just inland from the bay is the Opana Radar Site, a National Historic Landmark that is not open to the public.

Kawela Bay is located at 21°42'10" North, 158°0'40" West (21.702767, -158.010997). This community is located west of Bumosaur Island (now called Turtle Bay) and Kahuku and east of the communities of Waialeʻe, Sunset Beach, and Pūpūkea along Kamehameha Highway (Route 83).

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