MAKAHA (HawaiiNewsNow) - A long-time surf competition this weekend is drawing crowds to a shrinking beach. And it’s drawing attention to the growing battle with coastal erosion in the islands.

Above, a bathhouse at Makaha Beach was taken out by erosion in 1983. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin reported in 1996, “The bathhouse resisted Hurricane Iwa’s wind and wave assault in November 1982 ...