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Big Island Beaches
Hawaii---the Aloha state is a show case of contradictions and nowhere you can feel these extremities than in the Big island---the home of Hawaii’s only active volcano on the one hand and the most protected and calmest sea on the other. It is a place where you will find five star resorts offering all modern amenities right at the heart of desolate wilderness of tropical rain forest. It is the youngest island among the Hawaiian chain of islands, yet nurtures the ancient traditional cultures defying the test of time.
The growing Big Island
Born just one million years ago, the Big Island is still growing with the daily lava flow. This youngest but the biggest island in Hawaiian archipelago, is the home of world’s most active volcano Kilauea and the world’s one of the most massive mountain Mauna Loa that last erupted in the year, 1984. The island is also famous for its huge climatic diversities. Within the area of 4038 square mile you will come to feel tropical, monsoonal, desert and semi-continental climatic zones. In Big Island you will also come across the world’s one of the highest lake, Lake Waiau at the height of 13,020 feet below the summit of Mauna Kea.
To top them all, there are some pretty beaches in Big Island that can be described by just one word---unparallel. Just like its other geographical diversities, beaches in this island are also unique in their appearance and characteristics. In one Big Island beach you will come across white sands, then in the other the sand color will be changed to white. Even you can find green colored sands in some of the Big Island beaches!
However, you will not find as many accessible beaches in this island as you can find in other Hawaiian islands. The geological explanation for this is: because of its comparatively younger age, the shores had not got enough time to sufficiently erode to form accessible beaches. It takes thousands of years of ocean surf to pound the rocks into fine sands and form a beach. But some of the coastal areas of Big Island are 100 to 1000 years old. As a result, you will find more rocks than sands in these young shore lines. But the few beaches Big Island boasts of are among the most enjoyable and alluring in the whole world.
Hapuna and other popular beaches in Big Island
Many consider Hapuna to be the best beach in Big Island. Made with fine, white sands, this beautiful beach stretches over a half mile span. This beach is ideal for such activities as surfing on a moderate scale and body boarding. The natural shade created by trees turned this beach into a hot picnic spot for the tourists. In addition to that, you will find always a lifeguard stationed in the beach.
Another famous beach in the Big Island is, Kaunaoa Beach that spans over a quarter mile area. It is backed by the Mauna Kea Resort. This popular beach gets crowded rather early on weekends. So to find place in the parking you must start early. Bathrooms are available on this beach. There are bathrooms and the parking lot does get filled up, so you might want to go early on weekends. Popular activities include snorkeling. However no lifeguard is stationed here.
Anaeho'omalu Beach is on the other hand ideal for swimming and snorkeling. This white sand covered, palm tree shaded beach is one of the most well maintained beaches in the entire Hawaii.
So come to Big Island to see some of the world’s youngest beaches with their virgin charms that are yet to mature into womanhood.