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Spitting caves

Spitting caves from directly overhead

Spitting caves is a beach in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Kōnāhuanui (K1) stands 960 m to the northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Spitting Cave, a attraction 0.2 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates21.26088, -157.71082

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Koko Head Neigborhood Park: 0.9 mi
  • Joe Lukela Beach Park: 1.4 mi
  • Maunalua Bay Beach Park: 1.6 mi
  • Marina Garden Dock: 1.6 mi
  • Haha`ione Neighborhood Park: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
Attractions: 58
  • Spitting Cave: 0.2 mi
  • Koko Crater Arch: 2.5 mi
  • Halona Beach Cove: 2.6 mi
  • Dolphin Quest: 4.1 mi
  • Pele's Chair: 4.5 mi
Gardens: 34
Beaches: 28
  • Hanauma Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Kahala Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Waialae Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Alan Davis Beach: 4.4 mi
Artworks: 19
Springs: 14
  • Kānewai Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Mahoe Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Waʻaloa Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Ka puna hou: 8.1 mi
  • Herring Springs: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 10
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Makapuʻu Meadows: 4.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Spitting caves. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kōnāhuanui (K1)NW960 m8.3 mi
Kōnāhuanui (K2)NW946 m8.1 mi
PuʻulanihuliNW848 m9.7 mi
Kahoʻomoe ʻihikapulaniNW847 m11.5 mi
PuʻukeahiakahoeNW841 m11.8 mi
PuʻukahuauliNW830 m11.3 mi
MaunakapuNW829 m11.7 mi
PuʻukaʻaumakuaNW817 m20.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:1318:43
June solstice05:5118:4419:16
September equinox06:2017:5918:28
December solstice07:0517:2217:55

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F727273747678798080787674
Precip in4.84.55.43.32.41.31.92.02.63.55.45.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waimanalo EXP F 795.1, 5 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Hanauma Bay, HI, 1 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/4422877217

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