Theft at the Beach

I have heard that anything and everything will get stolen while at the beach. I will take extra precausions for cell phone, wallet, purse etc. but is a towel and other things okay to be left alone?

Theft at the Beach

It should be, but my husband has had his slippers stolen while he was surfing, so you never know.

Theft at the Beach

Well first off I have never heard that, are you talking about Waikiki, or more remote places?

I never take things like cellphone, wallet or purse to the beach... only a beach basket with just a towel, water, magazine, sunglasses and a small coin purse with money for lunch. No one has ever bothered anything of mine on Waikiki. It%26#39;s pretty crowded so there are lots of people around most everywhere.

Now if you are talking someplace more remote, may be different.

Does anyone have some advice on preventing theft at the beach? From the posts on the forum I have learned not to leave anything in my car, but what should I be doing at the beach?

Never had anything taken from us at Waikiki before. But if you are there with a group of people, just take turns leaving one or two people on the beach to watch your stuff, while the others swim or surf.

I%26#39;d never bring anything valuable though. I always have a ziplock bag, put my credit card and room key in it, and put it in the pocket of my board shorts.

Lindsay8302 -

You are 100% correct to be careful about theft. It is rampant on the islands - nothing is safe in the car either, not even in the truck. Now, of course, they can not get to all of us as we enjoy Hawaii but they do steal from parked cars all over the isalnds of Oahu and Maui.

To get great help, just put ';theft'; in the search box in the forum window and read all the great ideas on stashing stuff and also the ';hot spots'; that are worse than others for theft.

This is a major problem that is discussed all the time on the forums, especially the Maui forum. Go to that forum and do the same seach for even more ideas.

Mahalo

The best and fool-proof advice for how to prevent theft at the beach... is not to take anything of value with you.

Let%26#39;s be reasonable. Theft is not rampant on the Waikiki beaches I know. !!!!! We recently returned from our 11th visit and we have NEVER seen or heard of this problem. At the Groin or on Sans Souci Beach where we go, it is enough to tell somebody sitting next to you when you go swimming, particularly on Sans Souci which is a nice family beach (and the same would apply to Kailua). Of course North Shore beaches are different and we%26#39;ve been warned about the beaches up to Makaha and beyond (car break-ins do occur we are told). It is even dangerous to go to beaches frequented by homeless people (a young man from the mainland was recently murdered (in Waianae I think) because he wanted to camp on the beach). There are perfectly nice homeless people driven to the beaches by high rents but this murderer had a history of mental illness. In any case--as in any touristy place--it is better to go to the more ';affluent'; neighbourhoods--sad as this may be. Never leave valuable objects for all to see in any case--tempting someone is to my mind more morally reprehensible than the commission of theft. Have a safe enjoyable trip to this most beautiful of places.

When we park at the North Shore beaches we always leave the car open and window down and take everything. Never had a problem.

I have left a towel and flip flops and a hat on the beach at Waikiki unattended dozens a times for a couple hours at a time and never had a problem, but I aways wear the cheap ABC ones so if someone toook them it would not be a big deal.

Theft is something to be aware of and you should not leave things in your car or a valuables at the beach, but it is nothing that will be a problem if you use precaution.