Mahina Pō Lono
Ahupuaʻa: Kalapana-Kaimū "We were off to an early start this morning. The peak of low tide was at 7 am. On our walk out to the cliffs I was easily distracted by the beautiful morning sun rays that were peeking through the thick white clouds. It was also raining out over the ocean and the wind blew the rain in directions opposite of each other, the rain was falling in what looked like an x in the sky before the fresh drops of water met the salty ocean below. Looking along the coastline, the sun's rays hit the spray of the sea mist just right and the coast was caressed in a blanket of sea mist. As the sea waves would rise and fall, you could see small reef fish chilling out by the big boulders in the water." -M.K. "Very interesting things to see on the terrain at low tide. Seeing how far the boulders actually extend out into the ocean was baffling. I learned there is always new boulders falling off from the cliffside during small earthquakes. Meaning this place will always be growing and changing. On top of that we came out specifically to do more water testing. Hoping that at a low tide we can find more evidence of freshwater, other than natural signs (like limu ʻeleʻele) just to see the chemistry in the water. This would help in determining why one side of Kalapana would have more species of limu than the other." -K. G.
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