Park at bathroom closest to Makapuu Lighthouse (northernmost) of the Sandy Beach Parking Lot. Site is located north of furthest end of parking lot. Walk along beach until there is a break in the beach at a small cove with cobbles. This is the OPIHI site.
Details
Sand
Category
Oʻahu
Location
21.288200, -157.667999
Organisms expected at this location
Acanthophora spicifera
Actinopyga varians
Amansia glomerata
Articulated Corallines
Asparagopsis taxiformis
Asteronema breviarticulatum
Avrainvillea amadelpha
Bleached Coral
Brown Crust
Calcinus laevimanus
Calcinus seurati
Cellana exarata
Chnoospora minima
Codium spp
Coelothrix irregularis
Colobocentrotus atratus
Conus spp
Coral spp
Crustose Coralline Algae
Cyanobacteria spp
Dendropoma gregaria
Dictyota spp
Echinolittorina hawaiiensis
Echinometra mathaei
Echinometra oblonga
Galaxaura spp
Gelidiella acerosa
Griffithsia spp
Hermit Crab
Holothuria atra
Hypnea musciformis
Isognomon californicum
Laurencia spp
Microdictyon setchellianum
Morula granulata
Nerita picea
Padina spp
Peasiella tantilla
Pterocladiella caerulescens
Pterocladiella spp
Sargassum spp
Sponge spp
Thylacodes variabilis
Turbinaria ornata
Turf spp
Ulva fasciata
Ulva flexuosa
Ulva spp