Diamond Head Beach Landscape History IN PERSON

This is a field trip to the most interesting beach on the island. Not good for swimming but wonderful for walking. Luckily the tourists pass it by once they see you have to walk down to the beach so it’s usually left to the surfers, dog walkers and beachcombers. Diamond Head Beach has luckily suffered minimal impact from human intervention allowing a window into the past - if nature cooperates and sand movement doesn’t cover too many of the things we want to see. Observations of current landforms tell us about changes in sea level, reef and beach formation, and how the particular landscape history and shore processes at Diamond Head influence the nature of the treasures that can be found at low tide. 

Carole has walked this beach hundreds of times with the eyes of an archaeologist, mind of a geologist, and heart of a Zen treasure hunter. It’s different every day, but always worth the walk down. For her, the answer to the question, “should I go to the beach?” is always yes.