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Laʻaloa Bay is a popular recreation area in Kailua-Kona, on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi. Also known as "Magic Sands" or "White Sands Beach", the official name is "Laʻaloa Beach County Park". During calm weather, it is one of the only fine white sandy beaches in the Kailua-Kona area. [1]
Get the Kailua Kona, HI local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... Meteorologists surf rare ‘ice wave’ atop Mount Washington. ... Today's top weather news for Wednesday, Dec ...
The eastern and southeastern parts of the Big Island could get 5 to 10 inches (11 to 25 centimeters) of rain. The island could get sustained winds of 20 to 40 mph (32 to 64 kph) and gusts near 60 ...
There are small patches of coral sand, but the hazardous waves and currents can be dangerous to all but advanced surfers. Banyans is the site a surf contest, usually in February. [12] The south side of the bay, along Kamoa Point, has a left surf break called "Lyman's", named for former resident Howard Lyman, [13] favored among all surfers. [14]
The town's harbor includes a fuel depot, shipping terminal and military landing site. Outside of the man-made breakwall of the harbor is a popular surf spot and the Pua Kailima o Kawaihae Cultural Surf Park. The small town features a handful of restaurants and art galleries. To the north of the harbor is the Kawaihae Canoe Club and a small boat ...
Forecasters say that Kauai County, Oahu and Maui County can look forward to showers and isolated thunderstorms in windward and mauka areas today with highs from 82 to 87 degrees and Kona winds ...
For decades travelers to Hawaii observed manta rays from restaurants and hotels along the coast, such as the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and the in 2002 closed Kona Surf Hotel. [7] In 1992, dive operators began occasionally taking scuba divers to areas such as the Kona Surf Hotel for manta ray encounters. [ 2 ]
High surf from the storm caused extensive damage, particularly along the Kona coast of the Big Island, where the towns of Kailua-Kona and Puako received extensive damage. [10] Winds from the storm averaged around 40-50 mph on the open ocean, but varied tremendously on land due to unique geographic features.