The Beach
The swimming area is very rocky, and it can be dangerous to swim. The beach also has a large amount of underground fresh water that flows in it. This fresh water is very cold and looks almost like gasoline mixing with the water. Legend has it that in the time of drought, the ancient Hawaiians living in the area would dive underwater with a jug to get their fresh water. In the Hawaiian language puna luʻu means "spring diver for". The beach is located at coordinates 19°08′10″N 155°30′14″W / 19.136°N 155.504°W / 19.136; -155.504Coordinates: 19°08′10″N 155°30′14″W / 19.136°N 155.504°W / 19.136; -155.504. Access is from the Hawaii Belt Road: take Ninole loop road or the entrance to the Sea Mountain Resort. Camping is permitted at the Punaluʻu Black Sand Beach Park.
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“Your last words as you led the charge up the beach were, “Okay, men, let’s show ‘em whose beach this is!””
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“The seashore is a sort of neutral ground, a most advantageous point from which to contemplate this world. It is even a trivial place. The waves forever rolling to the land are too far-traveled and untamable to be familiar. Creeping along the endless beach amid the sun-squall and the foam, it occurs to us that we, too, are the product of sea-slime.”
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