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📷 nearby coast

Malaekahana Bay

In United States · near Makapuu Beach Park, Keaau Beach.

Conditions last modeled 374.3h ago · water —

Sunset in

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Full moon

27.6d

Tide range

pending

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Sunset Score

Score pending

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Sun & Tan

Score pending

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Sky scores pending — the daily cache hasn’t covered this beach/date yet (never a guess).

Water

pending

seasonal · 374.3h ago

Swell / Wind

0.74m · 9.6kn

seasonal · 374.3h ago

Sunset

19:18 local

sky pending

Tide

pending

not computed yet

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Visits here

Sunsets seen here

Beaches explored

Days on the coast

Species spotted

Cleanups logged

Your Ocean Soul curates this beach:

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Today's best windows

When the water suits each activity — hourly conditions + the tide curve. Forecast — never a promise.

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Golden hour

18:46

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Sunset

19:18

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In-water

lighter swell/wind

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Best-window refines as the per-hour conditions land.

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Not in a marine reserve on our map

Not inside a marine reserve on our map — still tread lightly. Checked against our marine-protected-area map.

In season near here

Likely around this coast this month, from Ocean Highways — coarsened. Possible, never promised.

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Loggerhead

Caretta caretta

MiCO meta-site for Loggerhead (Bentley et al. (2025) Marine megavertebrate migrations connect the global ocean. Nat Commun 16:4089. MiCO (mico.eco) — CC-BY 4.0, attribution required; data via Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.14873514.) · IUCN VU · region-level (~110 km) · possible, not pinned to this beach

🐾 Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

Common Dolphinfish

Coryphaena hippurus

MiCO meta-site for Common Dolphinfish (Bentley et al. (2025) Marine megavertebrate migrations connect the global ocean. Nat Commun 16:4089. MiCO (mico.eco) — CC-BY 4.0, attribution required; data via Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.14873514.) · IUCN LC · region-level (~110 km) · possible, not pinned to this beach

🐾 Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

Striped Marlin

Kajikia audax

MiCO meta-site for Striped Marlin (Bentley et al. (2025) Marine megavertebrate migrations connect the global ocean. Nat Commun 16:4089. MiCO (mico.eco) — CC-BY 4.0, attribution required; data via Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.14873514.) · IUCN LC · region-level (~110 km) · possible, not pinned to this beach

🐾 Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

Blue Marlin

Makaira nigricans

MiCO meta-site for Blue Marlin (Bentley et al. (2025) Marine megavertebrate migrations connect the global ocean. Nat Commun 16:4089. MiCO (mico.eco) — CC-BY 4.0, attribution required; data via Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.14873514.) · IUCN VU · region-level (~110 km) · possible, not pinned to this beach

+ 3 IUCN-sensitive (Endangered / Critically Endangered) species also range this wider region this month — names & exact locations withheld (anti-poaching).

Sunset Mode

Tonight's time, the vividness forecast, and where to be.

Tonight · sets at

19:18 local

Sunset Score pending
Golden hour 18:46 – 19:18
Best west-facing spot Makapuu Beach Park (48.5km)
Source computed astronomy + sky pending

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Water & safety: No official advisory feed in our list for here yet — only the low-confidence satellite proxy below. · algal-bloom proxy: Somewhat elevated chlorophyll. We can't tell you whether it's safe to get in, call the currents, or vouch for marine life — mind the local flags/lifeguard and your own limits. This panel is informational; it never makes a safety call.

Beachfront eat & drink

Venue names free from OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Photos, hours & booking come from a licensed provider — a later phase, credited then.

No mapped beachfront venues here yet (OpenStreetMap) — nothing invented.

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What's on around the water

Computed = certain. We never invent an event. (Feed + community events arrive with later phases.)

27.6d

Full moonComputed

Brightest tides + moonlit beach walks around then (full moon = bright sky).

12.8d

Dark-moon nightsComputed

Moonless nights ahead — the best chance for bioluminescence where it occurs (computed, not a sighting promise).

19:18

Tonight’s sunsetComputed

Golden hour timing computed; sky quality pending.

Local knowledge

Community + sourced facts that passed our QA pipeline — each labeled with its source & confidence. Unreviewed data never reaches this page; conflicting reports are shown, never silently merged.

area name ⚠ conflicting reports — both kept

Main Hawaiian Islands Longline Fishing Prohibited Area

sourced · confidence 50% · source

area name ⚠ conflicting reports — both kept

Hawaii State Waters

sourced · confidence 50% · source

designation ⚠ conflicting reports — both kept

Jurisdictional Authority

sourced · confidence 50% · source

designation ⚠ conflicting reports — both kept

Fishing Prohibited Area

sourced · confidence 50% · source

eco rules

Inside a marine protected area — check local rules before fishing/collecting/anchoring.

sourced · confidence 50% · source

level of protection

LFP 2/5 — lightly protected

sourced · confidence 50% · source

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