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Maliu Point

Hawaiʻi County, Hawaii · United States

What have people found?

Hawaiian red shrimp, estuarine rock crab and black purse shell turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Indo-pacific rock-boring urchin, pacific white-spotted sea cucumber and thin-shelled rock crab are the usual finds. ~151 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 2 years of observations.

What is the best time to visit today?

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Predicted tide from Kawaihae, 28.5 miles away.

See low tide times at Maliu Point for the next three days
  1. Sun, Nov 154:04 PM0.4 ft
  2. Mon, Nov 16in the dark12:50 AM0.6 ft4:46 PM0.3 ft
  3. Tue, Nov 17in the dark2:23 AM0.7 ft5:21 PM0.3 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 March and May.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 0.5 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 Maliu Point?

Species records from iNaturalist

Indo-Pacific Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra mathaei
Pacific White-spotted Sea CucumberActinopyga varians
Thin-shelled Rock CrabGrapsus tenuicrustatus
White-speckled SeahareAplysia argus
Black purse shellIsognomon californicus
Humpback CowrieMauritia mauritiana
Shingle UrchinColobocentrotus atratus
Red Pencil UrchinHeterocentrotus mamillatus
Hawaiian Black NeriteNerita picea
Hawaiian Red ShrimpHalocaridina rubra
Hawaiian Snakehead CowrieMonetaria caputophidii
Pillow Cushion StarCulcita novaeguineae
Sea MatPalythoa tuberculosa
Estuarine Rock CrabMetopograpsus thukuhar
Savigny's Longspine Sea UrchinDiadema savignyi
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