Moloaʻa Bay

A curve of sand wraps around Moloaʻa Bay. Trees shade one end, and rocks break up the shore at the other.

Photos and local notes from a Kauai resident.

Foam reaches dark rocks below a wooded hillside.

A local view

The resident remembers fishing along one side of the bay and looking across to a small cove on the other. In the photos, the trees give way to open hillside just behind the water.

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Pale sand and dark ledges curve around the base of the hills.

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Turquoise water fills the bay between black rocks and a wooded hillside.

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Papaʻa Bay

Dark rocks frame the near side of Papaʻa Bay. Across the green water, the beach makes a pale arc beneath the hillside.

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Sand curves beneath a green hillside at the far side of the bay.

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Aliomanu Beach

Aliomanu has coarse sand, a flat reef, and small patches of shade under naupaka. The resident remembers finding shells in the sand.

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A thin strip of sand follows the water toward a green ridge.

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Kuaehu Point

Pale sand gives way to dark rock at Kuaehu Point. From shore, the green hillside across the cove is as much a part of the view as the reef.

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