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Winter waves breaking on Keanae Peninsula, east Maui. Looking westward toward Honomanu Bay. The scar of a roadcut for the Hana Road is clearly visible on the cliff in the upper left corner of the image. As recently as 1,200–1,500 years ago, rejuvenated lava of the Häna Volcanic Series flooded the deep erosional Ke‘anae Valley on the northeast side of Haleakalä, creating a wide, shallow, and jagged lava fan that reaches 1.5 km into the ocean. West of Ke‘anae the sea cliff coastline extends, giving way to only a few narrow stretches of boulder beach backed by deep thickly vegetated valleys like those found within the embayments at Honomanü and Makaïwa.
Winter waves breaking on Keanae Peninsula, east Maui. Looking westward toward Honomanu Bay. The scar of a roadcut for the Hana Road is clearly visible on the cliff in the upper left corner of the image.
Keanae Landing, east Maui.
Surfing and sunbathing are hazardous contact sports along the shoreline of Keanae Peninsula, east Maui.
Winter waves breaking on Keanae Peninsula, east Maui. Looking westward toward Honomanu Bay. The scar of a roadcut for the Hana Road is clearly visible on the cliff in the upper left corner of the image.
Strong prevailing winds and storm surges generate the pounding waves that continually break on the bare rock of old lava flows that form the shoreline of the Keanae Peninsula, east Maui. The wave action also creates narrow black-sand beaches consisting of sharp, coarse grains of black basalt thoroughly mixed with large coral fragments washed in from the numerous patch reefs offshore.
High surf at Keanae Landing, east Maui. It's February and winter storms bring with them the high winds that generate 10- to 12-foot waves.
No matter what the time of year, the afternoon surf often breaks higher than the low cliffs at Keanae Point, east Maui.
The high seacliffs ("pali") to the southeast of Keanae Peninsula, east Maui.
Winter waves breaking on Keanae Peninsula, east Maui. Looking westward toward Honomanu Bay. The scar of a roadcut for the Hana Road is clearly visible on the cliff in the upper left corner of the image.
Winter waves breaking on Keanae Peninsula, east Maui. Looking westward toward Honomanu Bay. The scar of a roadcut for the Hana Road is clearly visible on the cliff in the upper left corner of the image.
Winter waves breaking on Keanae Peninsula, east Maui. Looking westward toward Honomanu Bay. The scar of a roadcut for the Hana Road is clearly visible on the cliff in the upper left corner of the image.
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