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Kamilo Beach - Trash Beach Hawaii - saltyruss - March 13, 2020
Kamilo Beach is located on the Big Island of Hawaii. The beach is in a remote location on the southern tip of the Big Island and is the Southernmost location in the United States. I sailed to the Big Island to Kamilo Beach. The access to the beach from the ocean is not safe as the currents are wild from all directions, and the beach is fronted by volcanic reefs, lava rock reefs that are difficult if not impossible to navigate. I drove a Jeep to Kamlio Beach. The roughly 60-mile drive from took nearly 3 hours from Kailua-Kona to Kamilo Beach was mostly four-wheeling over massive lava flows. The lava rock made for interesting and challenging off-road driving, you can see a video of the road to Kamilo Beach here: https://www.opdera.org/gallery
Kamilo Beach is now nicknamed Trash Beach because of the extreme amount of trash the ends up on the beach. Several tons of trash are removed every year by volunteers yet the trash is still more apparent than sand. Visit the website to view drone footage of the beach, the driving conditions to access the beach, and photos of what we say there.
www.opdera.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamilo_Beach