Hawaii Beach Photo Gallery

The Hawaii Beach Photo Gallery has photos of the beaches and rocky coastline of the Big Island. These are my Hawaii vacation photos, taken in Kona, Hawaii in March 2006.

Southern Coast of the Big Island

The beaches of the Big Island tend to have very coarse sand; as the "newest" of the islands, the black lava rock has not been ground to a fine sand yet. Many of the beaches have black sand, like this one, but there are also beaches of red and green sand, too. This beach is along the southern coast of the Big Island.

When the "surf's up", the waves crash against the rocks along the black sand beach.

The southern coast of the Big Island is closest to Kilauea Volcano, resulting in the black, rocky coastline.

The Big Island is the southernmost land mass in the U.S.! This coastline is farther south than the tip of Florida.

Kona Coast, Big Island

This is another wave crashing into a small cave along the Kona coast.

The main highway around the Big Island runs high above the Kona coast at some points; this is overlooking the western coast of the Big Island, a bit south of Kona.

Kona, Hawaii is renown for it's coffee. I'm not that much of a coffee-drinker, but even I loved 100% Kona coffee! (most of what you find on the mainland is a blend, and not nearly as smooth). This is a coffee plantation overlooking the Kona coast.

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