White, Black and Green Sand Beches, Big Island, Hawaii

Aloha!

My name is Donnie and I live in Hawaii...I wanted to tell you a little bit about our beautiful colored sand beaches here on the Big Island. Going to the beach is a big thing in Hawaii, because we are blessed with not only weather consistently gorgeous year round, but also with numerous beautiful beaches on which to enjoy our golden days.

Because our Big Island is geologically quite young and the landscape is immature, our beaches tend to be smaller than those on the older islands, and are therefore all the more precious. What the Big Island has that some of the other islands lack, though, are beaches with spectacularly colored sand...white sand, black sand, green sand and even grey sand.

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[altruistichedonist]

so woudn't the beaches on the big island become sandier over the years because of coral and the fish?

[DrBlizzardo]

@altruistichedonist

YES! But only if the rate of sand created by fish munching coral is faster than the rate at which it is washed out to sea...but this is EXACTLY why the other Hawaiian Islands, which are older, have larger, sandier beaches...

[PahoaMoano]

Really Nice Donnie..Not only was it beautiful but very educational as well. Mahalo

[DrBlizzardo]

Thank you for your kind words! Mahalo!

[rasala]

very informative video -- thank you!

[DrBlizzardo]

Thank you...I'm new at video making--I wish it were "compelling" or "gorgeous" or "Breathtaking"...but you know what? At this point of my development...I'll take "informative"...thanks again! Aloha...

[anxietyisland]

Great video! Never knew the origin of the green sand beaches until now. Was a resident in '85 for a year and never really touched the surface of all that was on offer from the island. Mahalo to you! - Joe Anderson (Woodinville, WA)

[dodiemuehleisen50]

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[TheFrenchiesRock]

the green sand beach is so cool!

i went there 2 years ago with my family. the sand is actually green!!!

we couldn't really swim in the water though because it was freezing and there were lots of rip tides, and we didn't want to risk drowning :P

[beck204]

Great video! My wife and I are moving to the Big Island in January! We are really excited! If you care to follow our journey/transition/assimilatio­n from MN, you can track our progress by searching "moving to hawaii blog" and going to Carl Wheaton's site. Thanks!

[shamsky4evr]

Donnie: Really enjoyed your video ! I stayed in Kona and it was breathtaking and mystical. can't wait to return there Hope to see more of your films.

[altruistichedonist]

well thanks for putting this video. actually the big island is my fav for beaches because of same reason ur talking about in this vid. i dont know why people think think white sand beaches are rare for the big island. instead of having one continuos stretch of white sand. it has a little bit of white, black, green, and grey. my fav is honomalino

[altruistichedonist]

ya that sucks about the beach that fronts hilo. the state of hawaii should clean that beach up so i can swim in it!

[dianlew1]

Lovely video thank you for sharing your knowledge about the sand. I love olivine and have a gold ring with an olivine stone in it which I wear all the time! I should love to see the green beach....may be one day....