This next post brings us to Day 4 and venturing to the actual NORTH SHORE. The waves were not as big as I thought they would be but they were sufficient. I would love to venture back there in the Winter when the surf competitions are happening and there are so many real big waves.
On our drive we came across a state park. This was a place that the locals utilized for a stay-cation.
A very large LAVA Rock on the beach
All the smaller lava rocks and worked their way into the ocean.
On the beach, a little boy (about 6 or 7) was learning to surf. His instructor was his aunt. She would swim out with her surfboard and drag him out floating on his surfboard. She floated through the waves and let four or five pass by and then just when the right one came would tell him to stand up and he would "surf" all the way into shore. It was the cutest thing to watch his mom and siblings get excited when he hit the shore.
Our next stop was at another public beach. The beach views were obstructed by trees very similar to this one. Once you walked through the trails and the overhangs, you came upon this wide expansion of sand and amazing waves.
The beach had a steep drop to the ocean and I couldn't figure it out until I saw the guys being pulled out into the ocean by the outgoing waves and thrown back up on the beach when they came back in. The drop was the current of the ocean pulling the sand and rocks back into the sea. The two guys were having a blast but are braver than I am.
Footprints in the deep sand.
Our last stop of the day was at a point close to the Polynesian Center. The legend was that the island was attacked by a lizard and the warrior cut it into five pieces and threw it into the ocean. The five pieces are the rock formations off shore.
One more blog will be posted with a few more pictures of our last day. Stay tuned for Part 4!
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