Shrinking Beachfront property

Some of Oahu’s glitziest and priciest homes are located in the east Oahu neighborhood of Kahala. The world-renown real estate hot spot has become synonymous with luxury mansions, expensive architecture, and local and national celebrity residents. Only the most successful and rich can afford a home in Kahala. Additionally, some of the best Hawaii beachfront properties line the shores of Kahala Beach. Known by some as the “gold coast” of Oahu, the waterfront properties have seen a significant reduction of the beaches that once separated the houses from the oceanic waves.

Shrinking beachfront has been an important issue in Kahala and several other communities in Hawaii as some of the islands’ precious beaches and shorelines are eroded by the power of the sea. The constantly beating waves, strong currents, and several additional factors have removed much of the sand from certain beaches and pushed the precious resource out to see. A similar phenomenon has been noticed in Waikiki. Because the famous beach had been eroded so much, a project to revamp the beach was started several years ago. The project brought barges of sand back to the beach in order to restore it to its original size.

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