Wahiawa Bay
Show on mapA stream mouth interrupts the rocky coast at Wahiawa Bay. Sand has collected here to form one of the larger beaches along this stretch of the Hanapēpē coast.
Source: Hanapēpē coast map · USGS (PDF)
The shoreline
Look just east of Port Allen on the Hanapēpē sheet. Wahiawa Bay is the indentation before Weli Point. Sand collects at the stream mouth here; farther east, the coast straightens along a rocky edge. Hanapēpē coast map · USGS (PDF)
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