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Beach naupaka

Fishermen cast their nets into the nearer waters, while surfers play farther out. People and dogs stroll, splash, and romp along the strand. The beach’s sands may harbor—ah—contributions from the local dogs as well as the occasional shell. Oh, well, a close-up examination is seldom as romantic as a view from a distance! On the quieter, wave-washed sections, you’re likely to spot a scuttling ghost crab (see ssss1 for more on ghost crabs).

You follow the curve of the bay as it gradually turns west. Some 1⅓ miles from the parking lot, you reach the east bank of the mouth of beautiful Waioli Stream—more about Waioli below. Here, purple water hyacinth blooms a little upstream and snowy-white cattle egrets wade through the limpid water on their stilt-like legs. Of all the scenes immediately along the bay, this one is, I think, the prettiest.

There’s private property on Waioli Stream’s west bank, and it’s posted NO TRESPASSING. So take a splash in the stream, enjoy the scene from the east bank, and then retrace your steps.