Name that part of Hawai'i?

[tutusue]

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Here's another photo of Kahala Beach from the foot of the Hunakai St. path, looking west (need to scroll down just a bit)! I was there this past May 27 and the tide was so high that there was no beach left...the waves were washing up on the path.

[liberty]

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I'll give this thread a shot with this question: This area of Hawai'i is reputed to be the largest subdivided neighborhood in the entire USA, if not the world. It surely must be the largest in Hawai'i. Where is this subdivision located within the state and what is its name?

Ocean View, Big Island

[Surfingfarmboy]

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Liberty answers my question correctly, unlike my feeble attempt to answer drumorgan's Kahala Beach question. (Well..there is some similarity there, yeah?) Ocean View, commonly refered to as HOVE, for Hawaiian Ocean View Estates, is one monster subdivision, located on the extreme southern end of the Big Island. Many plats within HOVE have clear views of South Point.

A cigar...wait..make that a Ka'u orange...to our winner Liberty!

[Pomai]

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Where is this?

Hint: It was mentioned briefly in recent Hawaii news...


Photo by Pomai - 6.18.06

[pzarquon]

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Where is this?

Anywhere near Spitting Caves, or the cliffs at Portlock, which I recently posted about visiting?

[tutusue]

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Oh wait! Pomai pilfered your photo, PZ.
Good Photoshop job, Pomai!

j/k!

[Pomai]

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Yes, Spitting Caves, located in Portlock, Hawaii Kai, at the end of Lumahai st.


Very similar angle to PZ's, I must admit. But nah, I wouldn't bother photoshopping in a bunch of fishermen risking their lives on the edge of that cliff.

In my shot, I caught the ending part of the cave spitting, which is located at the bottom of that steep, shadowed cliff area towards the center-bottom.

[Leo Lakio]

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ya ain't kama'aina if ya cain't.

*sigh* don't rub it in...

[Pomai]

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How about this place? (same, shown from 2 angles)...



Photos by Pomai - 6.18.06

[Glen Miyashiro]

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Looks like Portlock.

[pzarquon]

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Looks like Portlock.

Yeah, but... Pomai wouldn't post the same location twice. Would he?

[LikaNui]

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Yeah, but... Pomai wouldn't post the same location twice. Would he?

Apparently he would, even if he had to move a few feet.

[Pomai]

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Ahem.. it's a bit farther apart from Spitting Caves than just a few feet, both by location and in height from sea level.

I'm looking for a (nick) name more specific than "Portlock" or "Cliffs of Portlock".

[lurkah]

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I'm looking for a (nick) name more specific than "Portlock" or "Cliffs of Portlock".

China Walls.

I spent many a sunburned day out there bodysurfing and paipo boarding my life away.

[Pomai]

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China Walls it is.

Located in Portlock, Hawaii Kai. Get on Poipu Drive, then turn on Hanapepe Loop and park near (not in!) Hanapepe Place, where the (short) access trail is located.

Before you get to the trail, you'll be greeted with this Obelisk..

Obelisk @ China Walls entrance
Photo by Pomai - 6.18.06

There was a front page story in yesterday's Honolulu Advertiser about the Increase of Drownings on Oahu.

Quoted from article: "Nowhere on O'ahu are the conditions more dangerous than along the cliffs at Maunalua Bay in Hawai'i Kai, said John Clark, author and former Honolulu firefighter."

Ironically, when I hung out there a day before taking those shots, a young lady swimming in the water had a brief scare as she tried climbing the rocky edge to get back up on land. The incoming waves almost knocked her back in and she kinda' panicked. So she jumped back in the water and her surfer boyfriend escorted her to shore more up seaward where the rock shelf is closer to sea level - albeit, more slippery (mossy).


The height to jump in the water at China Walls (shown above) isn't the scary part.
It's the incoming waves (not shown) that break along the SLIPPERY ledge that can be tricky when trying to get out.
Photo by Pomai - 6.18.06

There was also a large Honu nearby on this day. Also some larger difficult-to-identify "fish" jumping out of the water in the distance. Not to mention at least 30 young people basking in the sun and just having a good time.

As for Spitting Caves, you've got to be suicidal to jump into the water there.