Queen’s Beach and Sans Souci, Kapiʻolani Park
Free to visitWaikīkī & Diamond Head
The beach at the Diamond Head end of Waikīkī. The Elks Lodge next door stood in for the Outrigger Canoe Club in The Descendants, and the water offshore is where the film opens and, near the end, comes back to.
- Time there
- 30 minutes to an hour
- Best time
- Early morning, before the crowds
- Cost
- Free
- Good to know
- The Elks Lodge is members only. See it from the sand, not the lanai.
Filmed here
The Descendants (2011)
The film opens with Elizabeth King on a speedboat off Waikīkī, and near the end the family scatter her ashes in the same water.
The Descendants (2011)
The Elks Lodge, which is a private club, played the Outrigger Canoe Club, where surfer Troy (Laird Hamilton) comes up to Matt and his daughters.
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