Beach Type
Dramatic rock formations, tide pools, and rugged coastlines to explore
What are rocky beaches?
Rocky beaches are all about exploration. Tide pools filled with marine life, dramatic rock formations, and natural caves make these beaches perfect for adventurous travelers. Often less crowded than sandy alternatives.
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The Kona coast beach inside Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, with a sea turtle haul-out zone, two ancient Hawaiian fishponds engineered 600 years ago, petroglyphs, and a short walk from the harbor that filters out the rental-car convoy.
A remote and rugged fossil beach below towering shale cliffs on the North Yorkshire coast, reached by a steep scramble and best explored at low tide.
The Big Island county park most surfers call Pine Trees, with multiple peaks along a lava-and-sand coastline north of Kona. Surf, tide pools, and camping in one gated park with restrooms, BBQ pavilions, and a 5:30am-9pm gate. Kona's most accessible local surf beach.
The reddish-sand beach two minutes south of Hana on Maui's east shore, with cone-shaped Alau Island offshore and the Ka Iwi o Pele cinder hill behind. Photograph it. Picnic on it. Do not swim in it.
