Lae Nani Beach

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Pools and dark rock break up the sandy edge at Lae Nani. Palms stand just behind the shore, where you can see their reflections in the pools.

Photos and local notes from a Kauai resident.

A low rock wall edges the water, with homes behind the sand.

A local view

The resident remembers anglers gathering limu, or seaweed, for bait. From the sand he watched fish over the reef and sometimes spotted the patterned backs of honu, or sea turtles.

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Waves meet a dark rock ledge at the edge of the bay.

Palms reflect in a pool beside the sand.

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The hills above Wailua rise across the bay beyond the rocky foreground.

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Wailua Beach (Horners)

The long sand beach at Wailua sits between Kūhiō Highway and the bay. Horners is the surf break the resident describes near the river mouth.

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A long piece of driftwood lies beside the tracks in the sand.

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Hauola Shoreline

Driftwood collects on the sand south of the Wailua River. A grassy bluff overlooks the bay, with the palms of Lae Nani across the water.

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Pieces of driftwood line the long beach under a gray sky.

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South Lydgate Beach

A strand of sand scattered with driftwood stretches south of the main park at Lydgate. The photo looks along the beach toward a distant line of trees.

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