Manini Beach

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• Per Trip Advisor write up: "Just a short 20 minute drive South of Kailua Kona, past the "Place of Refuge" is Manini Kapahukapu Beach - simply turn off the highway for "Painted Church" and continue down to the ocean, keeping to the right, eventually the road becomes a 1 1/2 lane paved road for a few miles, leading to a small community of homes, then the water. If you get to the end of the road, overlooking the bay, with a heiau (regarding Cpt. Cook) and park beside the parking area, then you are at Kealakekua Bay Park and have just gone past the turn-off to Manini Kapahukapu Beach by a couple hundred yards - no worries, just drive back to the first turn-off road to the right, keep right, and in a minute you're there. There's only parking for about a dozen vehicles on the sides of the road (don't block resident's driveways please!) and the sign and gate welcome you at this terrific beach area, complete with outhouse/toilet, picnic tables, swaying palm trees, grassy and sandy areas for the kids! An easy entry for snorkeling is a wide/sandy corridor (compliments of the 2011 tsunami that struck the area), with best snorkeling about 50-100' feet off the shoreline where reef fish such as Yellow Tangs, Trigger fish, Moorish Idols, Puffers, Banner Fish, etc are prevalent in good numbers... Closer to shore, the fresh water springs make the water murky (and darn cold too as this colder, lighter freshwater floats on top of the heavier/warmer saltwater...) "
  -- https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60941-d1372665-Reviews-Manini_Kapahukapu_Beach-Honaunau_Island_of_Hawaii_Hawaii.html#/media/1372665/?albumid=-160&type=ALL_INCLUDING_RESTRICTED&category=-160

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