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Hokuanui

Maui County, Hawaii · United States

What have people found?

Painted hermit crab, pink bubble snail and ornate turbanweed turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Indo-pacific rock-boring urchin, african giant snail and pacific white-spotted sea cucumber are the usual finds. ~377 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 4 years of observations.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

Predicted tide from KAHULUI, 14.9 miles away.

See low tide times at Hokuanui for the next three days
  1. Sun, Nov 15in the dark10:41 PM0.5 ft
  2. Mon, Nov 16in the dark6:21 PM0.8 ftin the dark11:51 PM0.7 ft
  3. Tue, Nov 174:59 PM0.7 ft

Every low tide each day, in local time at the shore.

Plan the week in Intertidal
  • A tide chart for every day, with the best window marked
  • Identify what you find from a photo
  • An alert when a good daylight low is coming

When do people visit?

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Most observations come from May and December.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 0.2 miles away.
Arrive 45 minutes to an hour before low tide and leave as it turns. The water comes back faster than it left.
Grippy shoes beat sandals. Wet rock and algae are more slippery than they look. Tide pool safety
A tide pool is a fragile place. Look and photograph, take nothing. The tidepooling code

What lives at Hokuanui?

Species records from iNaturalist

Indo-Pacific Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra mathaei
African Giant SnailLissachatina fulica
Pacific White-spotted Sea CucumberActinopyga varians
Red Pencil UrchinHeterocentrotus mamillatus
Shingle UrchinColobocentrotus atratus
Thin-shelled Rock CrabGrapsus tenuicrustatus
Seurat's Hermit CrabCalcinus seurati
Warty SeacatDolabrifera dolabrifera
Pale AnemoneExaiptasia diaphana
Cauliflower CoralPocillopora meandrina
Hawaiian Snakehead CowrieMonetaria caputophidii
Collector UrchinTripneustes gratilla
Painted Hermit CrabCalcinus pictus
Pink Bubble SnailHydatina amplustre
Ornate TurbanweedTurbinaria ornata
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