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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

Attractions
  • 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
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
Gardens: 34
Beaches: 29
  • 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)NW 324°960 m8.3 mi
Kōnāhuanui (K2)NW 322°946 m8.1 mi
PuʻulanihuliNW 320°848 m9.7 mi
Kahoʻomoe ʻihikapulaniNW 320°847 m11.5 mi
PuʻukeahiakahoeNW 322°841 m11.8 mi
PuʻukahuauliNW 320°830 m11.3 mi
MaunakapuNW 321°829 m11.7 mi
PuʻukaʻaumakuaNW 324°817 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 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/4422877217

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