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Pounders Beach

Pounders Beach is a beach in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Kaʻala stands 1,229 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Polynesian Cultural Center, a attraction 0.5 miles away.

Original name is Pahumoa.

The story

Beach in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States.

Wikidata Q49323561, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates21.63251, -157.91999

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
Peaks
Historic sites: 54
  • La'ie Social Hall: 1.4 mi
  • Shane Franchek Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • Pillbox: 7.4 mi
  • Pu'u O Mahuka Heiau: 9.0 mi
  • Kukaniloko Birth Stones: 11.6 mi
Beaches: 49
Gardens: 33
Artworks: 15
Springs: 14
Waterfalls: 11
  • Waimea Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Waipuhia Falls: 19.9 mi
  • Likeke Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Lulumahu Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Manoa Falls: 21.5 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Pounders Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KaʻalaWSW1,229 m16.7 mi
PuʻukalenaSW1,068 m16.9 mi
KamaohanuiWSW1,024 m16.0 mi
PuʻukauaSW940 m17.5 mi
PuʻuhapapaSW879 m16.4 mi
PuʻukūmakaliʻiSW878 m16.7 mi
Kahoʻomoe ʻihikapulaniSSE847 m17.9 mi
PuʻukeahiakahoeSSE841 m17.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:1418:43
June solstice05:5118:4619:18
September equinox06:2118:0018:29
December solstice07:0617:2217:55

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F727172737577787979787573
Precip in2.83.33.92.02.01.51.82.02.23.14.13.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kii-kahuku 911, 4 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Laie Bay, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/900791152

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