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Poʻipū Beach Poipu Beach surfspot, Kauaʻi island, Hawaii. Poʻipū Beach Park is located in the community of Poʻipū on the southern coast of Kauaʻi island in Hawaii. The beach is a park has lifeguards provided by county of Kauaʻi. There are swimming and snorkeling areas, and a surf break over a reef for experienced surfers only.
Poʻipū is located at (21.884079, -159.464195 It is bordered to the north by Koloa and to the south by the Pacific Ocean.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km 2), of which 2.6 square miles (6.7 km 2) are land and 0.3 square miles (0.8 km 2), or 11.08%, are water.
A relationship with the county began in 2010 with the stewardship being assumed by the organization of the site across the street from popular, county-owned Poipu Beach Park. [8] A platform named Ke Apapalani O Manokalanipo was constructed in July 2013 with four 16-foot tall kiʻi (4.9 m) facing the cardinal directions . [ 9 ]
A green turtle basking on the beach Children and honu share the black-sand beach at Punaluʻu The Henry Opukahaia Chapel. e Punaluʻu is the Hōkūloa Church, a Memorial Chapel and graveyard built near the birthplace of Henry ʻŌpūkahaʻia (1792–1818) who inspired the missionary movement that forever changed Hawaii.
Anini Beach: North shore Baby Beach Poipu: East shore Black Pot Beach Park: Hanalei Brennecke Beach: South shore [2] Donkey Beach: East shore Glass Beach (Eleele, Hawaii) South shore Fuji Beach: Kapaa – East Side Hāʻena State Park: Haena – North Shore Hanakapiai Beach: Hanalei Pavilion Beach Park: Hanalei – North Shore Hanalei Pier ...
The Sea Turtle Restoration Project (STRP), founded in 1989, is a project of Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN), a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit environmental organization with a goal of protecting endangered sea turtles from human-caused threats at nesting beaches and in the ocean.
Honopū Valley and Beach sit along the northwest shore of the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi, on the Na Pali coast. [2] The valley is isolated and not easily accessible except by water. No landing of any aircraft or boat is allowed in Honopū Valley or on its beach, so visitors must swim from an offshore boat or from neighboring Kalalau Beach.
These waves erode lava rocks on the coastline which can create narrow openings, as is the case with Spouting Horn. With every wave, water shoots upward when it is forced through an opening and creates a sound suggestive of hissing. The spray can shoot as high as 50 feet in the air. [2] The original Hawaiian name was puhi, meaning blowhole. [3]