Oahu tide pools

The Makapu’u Tide Pools trail is an intermediate hike that ends with gorgeous, clear tide pools along the Kaiwi Shoreline on Oahu, Hawaii. You'll start by taking the paved summit trail towards the lighthouse and finding the path down to the pools. Check out everything you need to know about hiking down to the tide pools!

The State of Hawaii recently worked on the re-pavement and safety of this hike making it and extremely popular hike, including its on Snapchat geo-filter! Here you can read more about the project. But because of this it has drew WAY more crowds than I thought possible. About 3/4

Photo by Kumari Naicker-Giles on June 08, 2021. May be an image of ocean and nature. #Regram via @CP4ILwLhz1v

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