A beautiful view! The chairs on the balcony are ready and in the perfect position for a great view. Yes there is a main road between the house and the ocean.. yes you can hear if.. but honestly the sound of the waves and the amazing sunset far outweigh any road noise negatives. The location is great to the canyon… minutes away.. and the quaint little town of Waimea has plenty of little places to eat or buy groceries. We loved sitting on the balcony after a long day of activities. Note that if you want to see or spend time on the east side it will take you over an hour (maybe 2) to get there. One small negative was there the next door neighbors house had a bunch of junk in their yard… kind of ugly but you only really see it when you drive up the driveway. There is another rental unit on the property but was not an issue for us at all. Great place to stay!