Oceanfront Kealakekua Bay Retreat w/ Breathtaking Views from Every Room

Q: Is Oceanfront Kealakekua Bay Retreat w/ Breathtaking Views from Every Room pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

Q: Where is Oceanfront Kealakekua Bay Retreat w/ Breathtaking Views from Every Room located?

Nestled on the beach, this Captain Cook vacation home is within a 10-minute walk of Kapahukapu Manini Beach, Kealakekua Bay, and Kealakekua Bay State Historical Park. Hikiau Heiau State Monument and Kona Pacific Farmers Cooperative are also within 2 mi (3 km).

About the area

Located in Captain Cook, this vacation home is on the beach. Kona Country Club and Holua Tennis Center are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those looking for area attractions can visit Kona Pacific Farmers Cooperative and Big Island Bees. Bay View Farm and Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden are also worth visiting. Scuba diving and snorkeling offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with ecotours and hiking/biking trails nearby.

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10/10 Excellent

Tony S.

Oct 25, 2024

Great location

Fantastic views from whole house and great porch seats looking out over the bay. Great snorkeling access next door. Lots to see and do in the area. Beds comfortable and kitchen reasonably equipped.

Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2024

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10/10 Excellent

Denny D.

Sep 27, 2024

Tranquil

A perfect place for r&r

Stayed 11 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Aug 19, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Water front

Well kept up, clean. Super nice view. Enjoyed snorkeling right out the front door!! Very quiet, had a great stay. Would stay again.

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Jun 8, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing!

This place is in an unbelievable location and we will be back.

Stayed 11 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Joe D.

Aug 26, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful stay

I can’t think of a better experience. The house was well cared for, well kept, and in one of the most special and significant locations in Hawaii. We loved every moment of our family stay. The local property management took great care of us. Highly recommend.

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

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10/10 Excellent

Tracey P.

Apr 27, 2024

Incredible location

We loved this rental. Location was awesome with amazing snorkeling steps away. The views and sunsets were beautiful. There was lots of room and the kitchen has everything you need.

10/10 Excellent

James P.

Aug 9, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Oceanfront

Beautiful oceanfront home, adjacent to a lovely historic local park

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

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10/10 Excellent

Susan W.

Mar 14, 2024

Amazing spot!

We’ve stayed in this house a couple times and it’s so incredible to be right on the water. Love the neighborhood and watching whales and dolphins from the lanai.

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8/10 Good

Christopher B.

Dec 23, 2023

Ocean front

It's right on manini Beach. Wonderful sound of the ocean.

10/10 Excellent

Byron B.

Sep 25, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Sweet spot!

Worth it! Pull the trigger!

Stayed 10 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca O.

May 23, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful view and plenty of amenities

The view is priceless, we used boogie boards and were supplied plenty of towels. The oven is modern and has an air fryer capability. Kitchen was well stocked with utensils, plates and so forth. Area was nice. Very relaxing and plenty of room. Loved how there is a bathroom downstairs for the two guest rooms.

Stayed 5 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Daniel O.

Nov 21, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect Location!

We loved the location of the house. The house has that old Hawaii feel. The newly updated kitchen countertops were a plus! No issues with the property. Will book again next year.

Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2023

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10/10 Excellent

Lesley V.

Jul 14, 2024

2nd stay and will return!

Don't really want to post about this house because I'd prefer to keep it a secret....it's even nicer than the photos in the listing and we really appreciated the kitchen update this year! New kitchen counters and appliances. Fantastic.

10/10 Excellent

Paul G.

Nov 30, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Rare Opportunity at a Beautiful Property

This house, perched on Kealakekua Bay in the protected Marine Preserve and State Historic Park, is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to stay on the Bay, where you can slip into the bay out of your back door to go snorkeling, or rent a nearby certified bay kayak, with an amazing array of reef fish, rays, turtles, eel, and even dolphins and whales. It is an older property that has been recently refurbished with new appliances, cabinets, countertops, floors and furniture, and is an amazing place to stay and appreciate the rare private access to Kealakekua Bay. It is in a relatively remote location about 20 minutes south of Kailua-Kona via the Mamalahoa bypass road. Stay here before a billionaire buys it up and makes it a private compound!

Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

katherine d.

Apr 30, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful view

We stayed for three days and really enjoyed the neighborhood, park, and proximity to the ocean. The neighbors were the only downside. There was a massive party on our first night and so we were not able to sleep very well. Party was less than a second night and happily quiet on the third night.

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

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10/10 Excellent

Harley B.

Feb 1, 2023

Great home, but uncomfortable mattresses

The house itself was amazing! The views were spectacular, the location was incredible, and the amenities were very comfortable. However the beds were not very comfortable to sleep on across the board and we were somewhat disappointed with the mattress quality for the price of the rental.

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10/10 Excellent

Mindie P.

Jul 4, 2023

Stunning view, steps away from snorkeling

This clean, spacious home was the perfect base for our family of four, with two bedrooms on the ground level so that each of our children could have private space while we explored the Kona side of the Big Island. A well-stocked kitchen allowed us to cook our own meals and store leftovers. Best of all: The home sits on the shore of Kealakekua Bay (a marine life conservation district), boasting breathtaking views, ocean wave serenades, and immediate access to swimming and snorkeling (a 1-minute walk from the house). It's about a 30-minute drive to Kailua-Kona, but we enjoyed being away from the crowds. Would 100% return and recommend to others.

Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Bruce B.

Sep 9, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

Disliked: Listing accuracy

Great location, deceptive photos

Lovely location, really couldn’t be better. While the photos do give an accurate picture of the dated decor, what they don’t show is that it has not been kept up in the interior. The cabinets are falling apart in places, doors delaminating, and tongue and groove boards have stains. The downstairs bedrooms are accessed via walking through the garage. King bed is downstairs, and you must reach it by walking through the jack and Jill bathroom. We saw kitchen cabinets waiting in the garage, so I hope a rehab is planned for the near future. The cleaning could be better. Again the location and view are amazing, so I hope good things are in store for this property.

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

susan a.

Jul 16, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, location, listing accuracy

July 2024

The location is amazing!! We spent a lot of time during our stay on the porch and in the tide pools directly in front of the property. We loved listening to the waves during the night and feeling the sea breeze. Manini beach is a beautiful public beach about a 2 minute walk away. The property is a traditional older Hawaiian house that we found charming and well kept. The house was very clean and we enjoyed the gift package of local treats awaiting our arrival. The cons for the property were for us the heat, as the sun baked the house in the evenings after 6 pm in July, shining directly through the windows. The living room and kitchen don’t have any type of blinds or curtains sadly. There are plenty of fans however that were helpful in cooling things down later in the evening. Of note we booked the property through VRBO but the property is managed through Vacasa. We didn’t get critical checking information and had to go through the Vacasa automated phone tree to get the information. This was inconvenient as we had traveled for 15 hours and arrived in the dark. The living room furniture is a little worn and dated but the kitchen and bathroom are updated nicely.

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Lynn M.

Apr 20, 2022

Liked: Location

Disliked: Check-in, communication

Perfect Location but needs maintenance

This perfectly located vacation rental has been a favorite of many families over the years. We loved being right on the bay & falling asleep to the sound of the ocean. Sadly, there has been overdue maintenance that is being ignored, & with a change over from Turnkey/VRBO to Vacasa, the attention to customers is lacking. We have stayed in many vacation rentals & there's always a binder with house information to welcome us. In this house there was nothing at all. Our frustrations began when we arrived an hour before check-in & could not get in with the access code. Tried calling to talk with someone & waited forever to get a real person. Even though the place had clearly been cleaned & previous renters gone, we could not get in until 4:00PM. We made a list of frustrating maintenance neglect: upstairs bedroom sliding door falls off every third time it's opened, lockbox on back door so rusted that we couldn't return keys to it when we were leaving because it wouldn't close, two lights didn't work in upstairs bedroom (one by the mirror, & one in the bathroom over mirror), only two kitchen towels, no handle on BBQ lid, curtains in downstairs bedroom so tight on rods they wouldn't slide open or closed, upstairs main sliding doors to dining room very difficult to slide & lock. Nice bed linens, bath towels, & many kitchen tools. Missed a blender, more beach chairs, beach towels, & boogie boards.

Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Teresa A.

Jan 10, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Loved being on the ocean

The view from the upstairs deck is so amazing. We brought binoculars and we could see dolphins across the bay. While we were there the neighborhood was quiet. The kitchen was well stocked. I found the photos of the house misleading due to the house being more worn out than is shown in the photos. The bathroom upstairs is small. The setup downstairs is odd. The downstairs rooms are not connected with the upstairs and so families should be aware that those rooms would not work for small children, unless the adults were in one of the room downstairs. Our adult daughter was nervous to be downstairs at night on her own. You have to take an exterior stair and cross through the garage to get to the downstairs rooms. The bathroom downstairs is the hallway between the two bedrooms. The description in the listing really did not make this clear enough. It was winter and there were huge swells which made access to the water almost impossible. We were able to rent kayaks nearby on one day and went across the bay to snorkel at the Captain Cook monument. The location cannot be beat. The view incredible.

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

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10/10 Excellent

Morgan S.

Oct 20, 2024

Beautiful home with stunning view

The view and access to a great snorkel spot from Manini Beach absolutely cannot be beat!

10/10 Excellent

William B.

Jul 31, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great stay!

Stayed 6 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca L.

May 29, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Breath Taking

I don’t want to leave

Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jamie S., Bellingham, WA

May 21, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Breathtaker, as advertised

This is an amazing place to be. Such a short walk (less then 1min) to Manini Beach and good snorkeling access to the amazing marine protected Kealakakua Bay. Relax on the porch and head back for more time in the water. Can't wait to visit again.

Stayed 6 nights in May 2023

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