'Opaeka'a Falls

Local name'Opaeka'a Falls
LocationWailua Homesteads, United States

ʻŌpaekaʻa Falls is a waterfall located on the ʻŌpaekaʻa Stream in Wailua River State Park on the eastern side of the Hawaiian island of Kauai. It is a 151-foot waterfall that flows over basalt from volcanic eruptions millions of years ago. Below the ridge down into the ravine through which the water falls can be seen the vertical dikes of basalt that cut through the horizontal Koloa lava flows. The name "ʻŌpaekaʻa" means rolling shrimp, "ʻopae" being Hawaiian for "shrimp," and "kaʻa" for "rolling". The name dates back to days when the native freshwater shrimp Atyoida bisulcata were plentiful in the stream and were seen rolling and tumbling down the falls and into the churning waters at the fall's base.Visually, this is a spectacular waterfall and is one of the island's few waterfalls that can be seen from the road. It flows year round and therefore is not seasonal. Most of the time it falls in a double cascade but the two sides may become one after a heavy rain.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ʻŌpaekaʻa_Falls

More information http://www.to-hawaii.com/kauai/waterfalls/opaekaa-falls.php

Address 5552 Kuamoo Rd, Kapaa, HI 96746, USA

Coordinates 22°2'53.571" N -159°21'43.243" E

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