Poipu, Hawaii

About Poipu

Poipu is a small unincorporated community in northwestern Hawaii.

Officially, Poipu is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.59 square miles.

📰 Poipu News Today

• Poipu resort recovery: Major resort, vacation rentals face extensive damage from Hurricane Lowell Hawaii News Now · Oct 1
• Poipu Visitors Are Finding Recovery And Devastation Side By Side Beat of Hawaii · Oct 5
• Tourists should skip Kauai for now as it recovers from Hurricane Lowell, officials say AP News · Sep 11
• Poipu residents left reeling from Lowell’s destruction KHON2 · Sep 8
• Poipu, HI Weather Forecast – Hourly & 15-Day SpaceRef · Sep 1

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

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What Makes Poipu Unique

• The only place in America named Poipu — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Island living in the Pacific — year-round tropical climate.
• Positioned in northwestern Hawaii, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 4 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Poipu

• Beach House — regional
• Brennecke's — american
• Bubba's — burger
• Crumb And Get It — bread (café)
• Dolphin Sushi & Fish Market — regional
• Eating House 1849 — regional
• Hale Nalu
• Honolulu Coffee Co.
• Ilima Terrace — american
• Isola Cucina — italian

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• CJM Country Stables · Attraction
• aFeinberg Photography · Art gallery
• Heiau Hoʻouluia · Attraction
• Labyrinth · Attraction
• Makauwahi Cave · Attraction
• Spouting Horn · Attraction
• The Shops at Kukui’ulu · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Poipu

• National Tropical Botanical Garden, Kaua‘i - South Shore · Garden reviews ★
• Moir Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Poipu Crater Garden reviews ★
• Poʻipū Beach Park reviews ★
• Spouting Horn Park reviews ★
• Weliweli Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

Full forecast →

Source: National Weather Service

🗺️ Map of Poipu

🏘️ Nearby Communities