Kiholo Bay — Attraction in Hawaii

This is quite a bit of a hike from the parking area at the end of the dirt road off the highway. It's definitely shorter taking the hike from the shoulder of the highway, BUT it won't be as pretty.

From the parking near the turnabout, you'll head to the beach and follow the shoreline all the way to the cove. You're going to traverse over black pebbled beaches, past some huge mansions and the Bali House (make sure you check out wiki for this), past some private residences at the entrance to the bay, and then across a ton of lava depending on how far you go up into the cove. I wanted to get to the very end to see if it was shallow and easier to see the bottom...it wasn't. The soot from the brackish water makes snorkeling basically pointless. You can see plenty of fish and turtles everywhere, but I wouldn't recommend this area for snorkeling at all.

In the bay, and along the beach hike, we easily saw around 20 turtles. They were feeding in the waves in like 6 inches of water, so they were easy to see and photograph, yet it would be pointless to snorkel in 6 inches or a foot of water.

Definitely come for the adventurous hike, which is mostly flat but like walking on sand in those pebbles, so I'd recommending bringing a minimum of closed toed shoes. We saw some elderly people even, but they looked pretty hot as they came back from the walk. Definitely don't try this in flip-flops. There is a flooded lava tube really close to the entrance to the beach front, to the right, but don't enter it because entering lava tubes is illegal now.

I highly recommend heading into the greenish-blue cove and do some rock jumping...

We loved this spot. The maps will tell you to turn right at the bottom but it's a gated service road. Go down just a tiny bit more and there's limited parking with a turn around. Definitely recommend water shoes for this walk. Especially if you want to go in the water. About 2-3 min into your walk if you look to your right you'll see a tiny sign hanging in the tree. There is a fresh water pool, although small and cold, it was refreshing and really neat. Keep walking along the shoreline and you're 100% sure to see sea turtles right up close, some are on the beach too. Keep your distay, you're in their home. The walk to the actual bay is about 1.7m but totally worth it and and easy "hike". Good calf workout lol. When you get to the bay if you go over towards the far side a bit more it gets a bit deeper and more black sand, pebble area. 10/10 explore this area/bay! Please leave it as you found it. That is what keeps these places so beautiful and...

It is the one beach we went to that I felt was a waste of a half day. We headed to Kiholo Bay looking for the 'Queens Bath' . It was a disappointing little hole in the ground filled with fresh water and overall pretty disgusting.

There is no way I would recommend Kiholo Bay to anyone. We left the Queens Toilet and proceeded to walk down into the bay area past the fancy homes you first approach. Once we got past the Thai looking temple it was reminiscent of a Indian Reservation and the squaller they call home. The beach isn't comfortable to walk on and after enduring the walk only to be disappointed, the walk back is really bad. The whole time you are thinking.."What moron thought it this place is worth visiting?" Anyone who is suggesting it isn't doing you any sort of favor. There are plenty of better places to see turtles. To go out to the beach from where you park is all I would suggest, venturing any further is a complete...