Kapahukapu (Manini Beach)

Kapahukapu (Manini Beach) is a beach in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Mauna Loa stands 4,169 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Manini Beach, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
beach in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
Wikidata Q49321464, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Puʻuohau: 3.5 mi
- Puʻukalapa: 4.6 mi
- Puʻuloa: 6.0 mi
- Puʻukinikini: 8.7 mi
- Puʻulehua: 10.3 mi
- Captain Cooks Monument Trail: 1.5 mi
- Sacred Grounds Coffee Farm: 1.5 mi
- Greenwell Farms: 2.7 mi
- Temple Model: 3.4 mi
- Kōnane: 3.5 mi
- Napoopoo Park: 0.1 mi
- Kealakekua Bay State Historical Park: 0.3 mi
- Arthur L Greenwell Park: 1.4 mi
- Two Step Bay: 2.0 mi
- Clarence Lum Won Park: 3.1 mi
- Ke'ei Beach: 0.8 mi
- Ke'ei Beach: 0.8 mi
- Magic Sands Beach: 9.1 mi
- Pebbles Beach: 11.1 mi
- Honl's Beach: 11.7 mi
- Hikiau Heiau: 0.3 mi
- Captain Cook Monument: 1.1 mi
- Royal Grounds: 3.5 mi
- ʻĀleʻaleʻa Athletic Field: 3.5 mi
- The Puʻuhonua: 3.5 mi
- Kona Coffee Living History Farm: 1.4 mi
- Royal Kona Museum & Coffee Mill: 2.9 mi
- Keauhou Kahaluʻu Heritage Center: 7.4 mi
- Hulihe‘e Palace Museum: 12.6 mi
- Interpretive Center: 13.2 mi
- Kona Potters Guild: 3.4 mi
- Fish of Hawaiʻi: 6.7 mi
- Hula Kahiko: 19.9 mi
- The Lei-Makers: 20.0 mi
- Keanae‘e Cliffs: 4.0 mi
- Mokuʻāweoweo Caldera: 21.5 mi
- Manini Beach: 0.0 mi
- Sadie Seymour Botanical Gardens: 10.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Kapahukapu (Manini Beach). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauna Loa | E 89° | 4,169 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mauna Loa | E 90° | 4,169 m | 21.4 mi |
| 1949 Cone | E 93° | 4,089.94 m | 20.6 mi |
| 1940 Cone | E 92° | 4,064.9 m | 20.9 mi |
| Na Puu Waenakonu | E 91° | 4,001 m | 21.1 mi |
| Pōhakuhanalei | E 98° | 3,893 m | 19.8 mi |
| Red Cone | ESE 106° | 3,488 m | 20.0 mi |
| Sulphur Cone | ESE 107° | 3,464 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 18:06 | 18:35 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 18:34 | 19:05 |
| September equinox | 06:13 | 17:52 | 18:21 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 17:19 | 17:51 |
Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 66 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 67 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Opihihale #2 24.1, 14 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Napoopoo, Kealakekua Bay, HI, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/441540468
Day trips start here
- Big Island · 30 mi
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