Death March to Danger Beach

Today was most productive. After assisting in imagery collection at the sacred Hawaiian heiau my geology group continued hiking along Mahalapu coast. Rain is always welcomed by our group; the cool mist refreshes us after hours in the strong sun rays.  For most of the hike we were joined by our pseudo-mascot Simon (brindle colored puppy). Most striking to me was the amount of erosion along the coastal cliff. I think this may be due to layering of limestone and fossilized organic matter as a result the sea level changes combined with the  constant wave action from trade winds and I guess season summer swells. At the end of the day I got to experience this energy first hand as my group was given the opportunity to attempt to swim at shipwrecks beach however these waves were a little much.