Beautiful! Easy to access. Endangered turtles. Jet black sand... amazing. This is a DON'T MISS thing to do on the Big Island. Great experience, worth the drive.Full review by Filmcraft
Jan 25, 2025
It truly is a beautiful beach. It was awesome to finally see and touch the black sand. Seems like parking can be a bit of a challenge, but was fortunate to catch someone leaving and was able to gra…Full review by Muravor
Jan 5, 2025
Great black sand beach. Really black sand. Lots of people, not a lot of space for body boarding, but a great way to enjoy a dark black sand beach.Full review by darbjustic
I am traveling with my mom who is in a wheelchair. How much walking is there and is it . mostly paved? Any elevation? Thanks!
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Very little paved at the eastern lot. Some paved at the western lot. Some elevation but I imagine pushing a wheelchair around in the sand is nearly impossible. Very soft. Could view …
Very little paved at the eastern lot. Some paved at the western lot. Some elevation but I imagine pushing a wheelchair around in the sand is nearly impossible. Very soft. Could view from the lot and that'd be probably be the limit I'd expect
Apparently the beach is soft enough you can walk barefoot. However, if you enter the water is thebottom so rough that you nwwd water shoes?
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You can walk on the beach barefoot, however I found the black sand a lot tougher than normal sand, it also gets quite hot because of the colour. As for getting in the water, I went in …
You can walk on the beach barefoot, however I found the black sand a lot tougher than normal sand, it also gets quite hot because of the colour. As for getting in the water, I went in without shoes but if you have some kind of reef shoes it will be much easier as it is very rocky getting out there which can be hard if the waves are slightly rough - easy to lose tour footing
Can anyone tell me the website for the souvenir stand that's here? I can't seem to find it anywhere, we wanted to get shirts but wanted them shipped home. Thank you!!
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They were locals, I don’t believe they have a website.