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