Turtle Cove Cabins

Love staying here. This has become our go-​to place when visiting the island. Nice little cabins on a beautiful private beach, it really does not get any better than that. Rooms are a bit outdated but then again, they are cabins! It is kind of expected right? Stay here for the beach, you won’t regret it!

Made last minute reservations here. Was def. glad I did!
What everyone has listed below is basically it.
What I did… was ask for the cabins that were «AWAY» from the beach. do that and your stay there will be THAT MUCH better than staying at the reg. cabins or «renovated» ones :)
Building «Cabins»:
–2 bedrooms (1Queen-2twins)/1bath (standing shower/​strong flushing toilet)
–Couch converts to pull out bed
–Full sz stove/​Oven/​fridge
–Wifi
–AC

OVERALL:
Everything was clean. I’m assuming that it is because the building’s only a few years old.

Loved this place! We stayed in a renovated cabin. It had a tv a table couch a small kitchen and a small bathroom. Also there were two bedrooms one with two twin beds and one with a queen bed. It was nice to have a full size fridge and stove to use as well as everything needed to cool with and in just be sure to was everything first the drawers were pretty gross inside. I would have given this 5 stars if it weren’t for the bathroom being a little dirtier than I would like the walls that the twin beds are up against are pretty horrible and I didn’t want my kids to touch them and the drawers being nasty. I would stay there again I just know to bring cleaning supplies! There was a little shop where you could buy essentials as well as a subway and a laundry mat. The great thing was a playground right next to the beach and our cabin my kids loved it!!! This beach has good clean sand as well it was well maintained!

Its the most beautiful place ever! The cabins are not super fancy but they definitively do the work. Besides, I doubt you ll spend a lot of time in them. The beach is beautiful and for the most part is very quiet. There are no washers or dryers in the cabins but there is a place for you to do laundry, gas station, shop, subway, etc. If you are looking for bars and the crazy stuff then go to Waikiki… But if yo want to relax in the most beautiful beach ever with white sands, friendly waves, and gorgeous water then go to Bellows.

I love staying here … lots of space inside and out. Relatively quiet unless you get rude neighbors. LOVE the sound of waking up to hearing the ocean crashing on the rocks. No smoking in the cabins or within 50 feet of any building on base… a huge benefit for us non-​smokers!
Don’t think of this as a cheap hotel… think of it with camping with the benefits of «luxuries» like high-​speed internet, running water, a safe, and best of all, a real kitchen (full size refrig, plus range/​oven, micro and coffeemaker). NOTE — no rice cooker.
It can be hit or miss with the front office staff. One lady in particular is quite unfriendly but we didn’t have to talk to her this time. Last time, we had to deal with her a few times and it was always unpleasant, to the point of being comical.
We had a «renovated» cabin but nevertheless the frig was rusted, one of the windows wouldn’t close (ground level, a bit of a security issue), and the beds aren’t comfortable. The internet connection can be a bit sporadic (though it is high-​speed, fortunately).
Bugs WILL come into your room. Don’t leave any food out… bring some Ziploc bags and/​or plastic containers and/​or put everything in the frig. We even put a bag in the freezer to use for trash. Once I managed to leave one grain of rice in the sink after washing dishes, and it attracted lots of little bugs overnight.
All that said, this is one of my favorite vacation spots.

I loved when my family would book a cabin here for a couple days. Especially, when we had the cabin closest to the beach. My daughter loved running down to the water and playing at her hearts content! The waves can get a little rough cuz it gets really windy out there. So keep an eye on your keikis when they go swimming or boogie boarding.
If you are staying here for a couple days. definitely hit the commissary or grocery store before coming here. There’s a fridge and oven so you can cook meals in the cabin or have a bbq outside.

Believe it or not, you can «rough» it in Hawaii. The Turtle Cove cabins at Bellows Air Station are another world from Waikiki. Located on a lonely road several miles from the highway, our cabin, in a cluster of about 10 other cabins is so close to the beach that the windows facing the water have a salt spray coating.
The cinderblock cabins were built for military personnel about sixty years ago. Other than the tile floor, the doorlocks and the plumbing fixtures, nothing appears to have ever been remodeled. Rustic is an entirely suitable description. Nonetheless, free high-​speed Internet access and cable T.V. is provided. Also the cabin has two bedrooms and a kitchen. All for under $ 80/​night.
The trade winds sweeping off the Pacific Ocean, out of the northeast, continue to howl day after day, but the sound of the breezes along with the waves is calming. The price of the trade wind is the cool and sometimes showery weather. Thick clouds hang tough on the jagged ridge of the Koolau Mountain Range. The daytime high in Waimanolo struggles to reach the 70’s.
Very different than the warmer and drier weather of Honolulu on the other side of the mountains (on the average, the daytime high is about 10 degrees warmer in Waikiki). If you picture the Oregon Coast in say late May or early June, you have a good idea of the weather here. This would explain why the cabin does not have air conditioning — ceiling fans are sufficient.
So even though there is a beautiful deserted beach that stretches for miles, the weather isn’t exactly conducive to lying on the beach here.
But since there is a miniature golf course at the base as well as lots of day hikes on the island, we won’t miss hanging out on the beach. If we do really need to do beach, we can still go down to Waikiki just a half hour away.
It’s a darn shame that either you or someone in your immediate family must be employed by the Department of Defense to book reservations here.