Clark: Beaches of the Big Island (Kolowalu Books) [Paperback]

John R. Clark (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 186 pages
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press (September 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0824809769
• ISBN-13: 978-0824809768
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,097,853 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The only book to buy for beaches & snorkeling on the Big Is., June 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Clark: Beaches of the Big Island (Kolowalu Books) (Paperback)

The most informative and well-researched book I have found on beaches, surfing, and snorkeling on the Big Island. The author must have spent decades finding all these places and includes how to get to them, what the conditions are and even local history of the place. The information is laid-out in what initially seems to be an unorganized manor, but soon you learn that he starts out with a brief history of each beach area, then goes on to describe how to get to it, then rates how the beach, snorkeling, and surfing is. I also bought 7 other books on the big island including a snorkeling guide and a surfing guide to Hawaii, but all of these paled in comparison to Beaches of the Big Island and have since given them away. We even used preferred this book to our map for finding directions to get around the island. If you can only take one book to the Big Island, this is it!!!!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Up-to-Date, November 14, 2004

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Wanda Fish (Slopes of Mauna Kea, Hawai'i) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clark: Beaches of the Big Island (Kolowalu Books) (Paperback)

I purchased this book in 1989 and used it then, and again, later in 1994. I now live on the Big Island and can tell you that this book is not up-to-date on the easily accessible beaches. There have been marked changes in the 4WD beaches, also. What was once my Beach Bible, is no longer useful. It WAS a great book.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Beaches of the Big Island, January 8, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Clark: Beaches of the Big Island (Kolowalu Books) (Paperback)

This book displays black and white pictures and is totally outdated. Out of all the tour books on Hawaii that I ordered (Frommers 2000, Fodors 2000, Best Places to Stay in Hawaii and the guides books written by Andrew Doughty and Harriet Friedman, Lonely Planet) this was by far the worst. I should have returned it while I could but I wanted to give it a chance. What a waste of time and money.