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Kauwaha Beach

Kauwaha Beach from directly overhead

Kauwaha Beach is a beach in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of -9 m. Mount Pānīʻau stands 381 m to the east, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Keawanui Beach, a beach 2.4 miles away. 16 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

The story

beach in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States

Wikidata Q49321508, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates21.93071, -160.16822

16 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 8
Beaches: 7
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kauwaha Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PānīʻauE 84°381 m5.5 mi
Mount KāʻeoSE 136°310 m2.9 mi
Mount LehuaNE 36°213 m7.6 mi
Mount KaunuakalāSSW 192°167 m10.5 mi
Kāwaʻewaʻe HillSSW 209°88 m6.6 mi
Puʻuʻalalā HillENE 66°64 m4.2 mi
Mount MauʻuloaSSW 203°60 m8.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:2318:52
June solstice05:5918:5519:27
September equinox06:3018:0918:38
December solstice07:1617:3018:03

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Sep–Jul.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F727273747678798080797674
Precip in1.92.61.70.61.20.60.30.30.81.82.63.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barking Sands, 26 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Nonopapa, Niihau Island, HI, 6 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/331168933

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