Pohoiki black sand beach big island Hawai'i

[@diannelavoie5385]

Blue water, white surf and black sand. Very beautiful. Your overhead shots of the waves rolling in on the beach are mesmerizing. You did great.

[@StrangeHawaii]

Mahalo

[@AuntieSullivan]

Thank you so much for another amazing video, Jeremiah. It's interesting to see how the sand continues to reshape around Pohoiki.

[@StrangeHawaii]

Mahalo

[@rebeccaspaur2839]

I loved your video! Especially the shots of the waves! Ty for sharing this with us! 🥰

[@KIRALYW]

Awesome video Jezza. Music was a great choice too. It looks a lot bigger now since I was there in May, a lot more black sand. Thanks for sharing. 🤙🏽

[@Kellie---7]

Beautiful video, especially following (or being followed by) the waves into shore.

[@sandybeach516]

Thank you Jeremiah, I am amazed how much sand has been deposited over the past year. Beautiful video, keep safe.

[@flyingturtle4559]

Aloha Jeremiah__ Amazing to see new black sand still being deposited at Pohoiki. I went back and checked your New Year's beach party video and the one you did of Unko Boogie's surf contest this past June and it's evident that a lot of sand is still filling into the area. Also the water in the land-locked pools look really clear so I'm suspecting circulating brackish water, maybe you can check to see if the tiny, transparent red "wai opae" shrimp are turning up. Lastly, at the very end of your video, I can still see offerings placed on top of one of the concrete pilings that used to be the breakwater. Next time you're down there can you check to see if it's a tribute to Isaac Kepo'okalani Hale. On the side facing the ocean there should be a metal cross and a photograph. Great video as always.

[@stuartcousins9269]

Beautiful stuff.

[@marleabd]

Wonderful video Jeremiah! The wave work is fantastic! It's so beautiful there and you showcase it so well! ~~ I wonder if that will be a permanent beach since it filled in a bay area and is so close to the edge of such a large lava flow area? I understand that people want the boat ramp back but I figure it would be nearly impossible to keep it open at that location. Perhaps another ramp can be built before too long at another location? I hope so for the sake of all the boaters.

[@snowflake357]

Have to say this is may just be my favourite video so far, great music, great content, the parts with the overhead of the water reaching the black sand are AMAZING. You never disappoint Jeremiah.

[@StrangeHawaii]

Mahalo

[@Rhinos99]

Beautiful. Your videos are well done.

[@StrangeHawaii]

Thank you

[@katec4369]

That's a huge beach!! Looks beautiful,though. I would love to see it in person some day! First rate camera work as usual! Thanks for shareing

[@StrangeHawaii]

It is a huge beach

[@sophiazeline4038]

That's beautiful Jeremiah --- the beach and your video. I love the rock designs in the sand. I'm not surprised DLNR removed the young coconut trees. Mahalo Jeremiah -- your drone work creating these scenes from the sweetest ground details to aerial vantage points is captivating...mesmerizing.

[@StrangeHawaii]

Mahalo

[@SashaDeKasha]

That was so so so beautiful Jeremiah!

[@virginiamadrick9161]

Mother Nature creates beauty all around us but you have to have the eyes and heart to see it. Jeremiah, you must have damn good vision! Thank you for sharing!

[@StrangeHawaii]

Mahalo

[@robertteeters8445]

Wow what a video love the action of the Waves curling in Jeremiah what a pilot a fantastic video as always you're the best Mahalo

[@StrangeHawaii]

Mahalo nui loa

[@------Blind-Bat-------]

It looks great!

[@pambussey9450]

The sand has certainly built up but like all beaches the sand could wash away in the next big surf. Great work by the way

[@StrangeHawaii]

Mahalo

[@andicovarrubias5864]

We hoped the sand would wash away this summer as the hurricanes passed. The beach just got bigger.

[@jfmezei]

The waves/beach interface seems to have changed. When I was there in december '18, you couldn't safely enter the water to swim because of waves breaking on rocks. The area now seems to be much more sandy. Does the sand now extend into the water? The little ponds appears to be fantastic and clear water with people in them. I guess there is enough rain to keep them from becoming stale water? What about the water at boatr ramp? Does that also get enough new water from rain to keep it from becoming unfit for humans to be in? BTW, loved the part of video where you are ahead of a wave and follow it as it progresses.

[@JSKCKNIT]

Great job on the video and editing!

[@StrangeHawaii]

Mahalo

[@robertteeters8445]

That was so good I had to watch it one more time another one of my favorites.

[@StrangeHawaii]

Lol mahalo Robert

[@Etacarinae9000]

The best video from Pohoiki Beach. Is it safe that the main pond has no connection to fresh ocean water? Bacteria, cyanobacteria etc.

[@StrangeHawaii]

I'm not sure

[@thegrouettes]

It’s looking more rockier and the dip to the water seems more pronounced!

[@Lockstock055]

Can't believe how much it has changed. We loved the drive in there through the tree tunnels. Was that spared by the lava flow?

[@StrangeHawaii]

Yes it is still there

[@hokuponopono4415]

Amen to that

[@Lockstock055]

That's great that something so beautiful was spared.

[@KaylebAlexander]

10 mins from my home

[@bobbisteinmetz8019]

The big warm pond, does it get any salt water at high tide? Are those smaller pools warm too?

[@StrangeHawaii]

I think it gets a little salt water with the tide

[@andicovarrubias5864]

The water is brackish and goes through tidal changes. But it is sketchy nonetheless. 🤣🤣

[@heelerboy]

Paradise Lost

[@sunnylilme]

The water at pohiki is so rough now. A coconut in the water, made me bleed..I miss hot ponds.

[@erintreez]

Beautiful, mesmerizing!!! The only sensation I can't imagine is what the black lava sand is like to walk on.... Is it smooth or crunchy, or even sharp?? I must find out....! Love your work!!! 🌎 Mahalo!💜

[@craigalfredkimball1508]

Wow. The beach is huge. There looks to be no end to the volcanic debris being carved off the northern edge and deposited at Pohoiki. Over time, I imagine winds will eventually blow black sand into the remaining ponds and those will disappear. Nature is a tough task master.

[@martinbalgavui6417]

Was there this summer. A wave caught me on the beach by surprise. It knocked my ray bans off broke the lens. It took two + days for my hiking boots to dry.

[@StrangeHawaii]

That's a bummer. But it happens sometimes

[@loisaustin6200]

I remember back in 1967 when meeting my husband for R&R from Vietnam we were approached by people in Waikiki trying to interest us in buying some black sand beach property on the Big Island. We passed and I guess we were smart to do so because 50 years later it looks like nothing much has been built.

[@garydflatt4904]

It was probably land in Ocean View, I still own 3 acres.

[@3000gtwelder]

Are they ever going to have a boat ramp there again? How does that water get refreshed?

[@StrangeHawaii]

I'm not sure

[@darkshadowsx5949]

I was going to ask about the iron content because magnetite sand is also known as "black sand" but from the description its obsidian sand from volcano magma. which obsidian is 65-80% silica. there could be some presence of iron from hematite but not as much as magnetite black sand you would get from something like gold panning/dredging. still cool, just harder to separate the iron and not as lucrative to process.

[@marshallkohlhaas80]

The trees live on....

[@jpleblanc694]

What is the white building structure

[@StrangeHawaii]

Life guard

[@HiloBoiz808]

Lava took secrets,bowls,shacks and dead trees,but spared 1st 2nd and 3rd bay. Sand took the boat ramp and 1st and 2nd bay and the county of Hawaii,due to their usuall fear of acting,do nothing to alleviate the problem,nothing! Had dredges been going and bull dozers dozing the fisherman's boat ramp might be back!