Kehena Beach, Hawaii
I wrote about Kehena Beach four years ago, but it's worth another look. This is a beach on the south shore of the Big Island of Hawaii, where I live.
Although nude beaches are not legal in Hawaii, this is a secluded beach where nudity is ignored by authorities. In 2021, during the COVID epidemic, police raided the beach to ticket scofflaws who were not following social distancing and face mask rules, and while they were at it, ticket them for public nudity. But since then, authorities have gone back to ignoring the beach.
Above, the somewhat steep and rocky trail that leads down to the beach.
This is one of Hawaii's beautiful black sand beaches. Above, the late Kirill Tokarev, one of my favorite unashamed males, visited the beach in 2014.
Kirill got some black sand on his bottom (it washed off).
At the back of the beach are trees providing welcome shade from the tropical sun. Kirill took advantage of a tree branch to get some exercise.
Another beach-goer. Although the beach looks deserted in these photos, there are usually quite a few people there.
More beach-goers looking out to sea. Dolphins are known to play in the waters off this beach.
Wading in shallow water is fine, but swimming is not really recommended here ...
because the waves can be fierce, and there are treacherous rip currents and undertow.
So most visitors just keep to the beautiful black sand.
Green sea turtles also love the warm black sand. If you see one, don't disturb it. It's an endangered species, and remember, they were here first!
2 comments:
I was there in 2009; it was cool, but I like Little Beach better
Black sand is new to me. Nice to see it.
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