Big Island · Hāmākua

Kolekole Falls

Kolekole

Kolekole Falls
Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada · CC BY 2.0

Kolekole Falls — the cascade behind Kolekole Beach Park — is a small drop on Kolekole Stream a short distance upstream of the highway bridge…

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How to visit

The cascade behind the beach park is in a working stream channel — the same Kolekole Stream that drops over ʻAkaka three miles upstream — and the rocks above the pool are slick and unstable. Swimming below the cascade is allowed when the stream and ocean are calm; do not jump from the rocks. The upstream waterfalls people sometimes call "Kolekole Falls" are on private property and reachable only via a paid guided hike — they are not the falls behind this park.

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