is much older than a black sand beach. Many beaches on the Big Island are black, some green even. These beaches are simply eroded lava. For a beach to be white on the Big Island essentially means it has been weathered and washed for hundreds even thousands of years polishing and washing up new sand on the beach. So Hapuna, is toward Kona side where there is significantly less lava flow. Less lava flow simply means the ground is older hence the white-er beaches. Because the beach has been more weathered there are far less jagged rocks and black lava flow present. Less rocks means the beach energy, and water energy are much more subtle compared to a rocky cliff beach with huge crashing waves. My dumbed down geological explanation.
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| You can faintly see Maui In the backdrop, reallly cool |
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| over exposure yeah |
The cool thing about this beach is there are all these tree alcoves along the whole beach making it very private. If you are in the right place at the right time you can catch an alcove all to yourself for you group and it feels like its all your own. Cool place to keep in your back pocket.
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