{"id":164,"date":"2011-06-06T01:37:25","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T01:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/?p=164"},"modified":"2011-08-24T04:32:33","modified_gmt":"2011-08-24T04:32:33","slug":"hanakapiai-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/archives\/164","title":{"rendered":"Hanakapiai Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<address>The first stop of strenuous Kalalau trail, this beach is pristine but surrounded by feisty waves.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/address>\n<h2>Description<\/h2>\n<p>Hanak\u0101p\u012b\u02bbai Beach is a beach in the Hawaiian islands located on Kauai&#8217;s N\u0101pali Coast. The beach is approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from the start of the Kalalau Trail, a very popular hiking trail which is located at Ke\u02bbe Beach. During summer months, Hanak\u0101p\u012b\u02bbai Beach&#8217;s sandy shore line is clearly visible; during winter months, dangerously powerful waves and high tides wash away the sandy shore line. The beach is remotely located with no road access. The word Hanak\u0101p\u012b\u02bbai literally means &#8220;bay sprinkling food&#8221; in Hawaiian.<\/p>\n<p>Hanak\u0101p\u012b\u02bbai Beach is a popular tourist attraction; however, like many beaches on the N\u0101 Pali Coast, strong rip currents, as well as high surf, dangerous shore breaks and other hazardous ocean conditions make Hanak\u0101p\u012b\u02bbai Beach extremely dangerous. The N\u0101 Pali Coast is especially treacherous because there are no major reefs to hinder potent ocean currents.<\/p>\n<p>Kauai&#8217;s geography makes Hanak\u0101p\u012b\u02bbai conditions even more hazardous; in the event that one gets caught in a rip current (or otherwise swept out to sea) the nearest safe shore area is approximately six miles away. There have been confirmed cases of hikers being swept away by large waves while simply wading in the water to relax themselves after the arduous two-mile hike. The currents in the region are so powerful that the bodies of at least 15 drowning victims have yet to be recovered. According to a sign posted on the beach, as of December 2008 at least 83 people have drowned at Hanak\u0101p\u012b\u02bbai.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<address> <\/address>\n<address> <\/address>\n<address>Quoted from wikipedia.com<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first stop of strenuous Kalalau trail, this beach is pristine but surrounded by feisty waves<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-destination","category-hawaii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170,"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions\/170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}