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The Spouting Horn is a blowhole on Kauai’s south shore near Poipu Beach. It is best viewed at high tide when waves crash under a lava shelf, forcing a 50 foot plume of water up through a hole in the shelf.
The Spouting Horn is a stop on the Koloa Heritage Trail in Kauai…a collection of historical sites, monuments and natural wonders in the Koloa district of Kauai. There is an open-air market near the observation point.
According to Hawaiian folklore, the hissing sound made by the Spouting Horn are the roars of a giant lizard who used to hunt these waters. A young boy escaped the lizard by swimming under the lava shelf and through the blowhole. When the lizard pursued him, it got stuck in the blowhole.
Kauai Posts:
- Wailua Falls
- Lihue Plantation Hanama‘ulu Ditch
- ʻŌpaekaʻa Falls
- Wailua River State Park
- Mount Waiʻaleʻale
- Fuji Beach
- Moloa’a Beach
- Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge
- Kīlauea Lighthouse
- Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge
- Wai’oli Hui’ia Church
- NININI POINT LIGHTHOUSE
- Red Dirt Falls
- Waimea Canyon State Park: Waimea Canyon Lookout
- Waimea Canyon State Park: Waipo’o Falls
- Kōkeʻe State Park: Kalalau Lookout
- Kōkeʻe State Park: Pu’u O Kila Lookout
- Russian Fort Elizabeth State Historical Park
- Hanapepe Swinging Bridge
- Koloa Heritage Trail: Spouting Horn
- Koloa Heritage Trail: Keoneloa Bay
- Nā Pali Coast State Wilderness Park
These images remind me why Kauai was our favourite amongst the four main Hawaiian islands 🙂.
Kauai is pure paradise 💜
There is a blowhole on Maui as well. It was surprising how dangerously close some people got to it! Would love to go to Kauai someday. Looks beautiful.
Oh..yaa, its Nakalele Point Blowhole. I remembered the hike, it was bit challenging.
We missed a lot on Maui…1st day in port was supposed to be snorkeling in the volcano crater, but too windy. Bussed us all the way there only to bus us back. Will have to go back and stay on land there to see everything we missed
Gorgeous photos and yet another reason to get to Hawaii one day. The lizard legend is a nice touch.
😀 Thanks!
Beautiful picture
Thanks!😀
I love legends like that. I don’t think we went to this area when we visited the island. It is a beautiful place.
Thanks! By the way, I found your email in my spam. Hopefully you received my response
I did get it, and I meant to send you a reply today. I will get that on my list to do this week. Thanks!
I always enjoyed the blowhole in Kauai. There is a similar one on the Oregon Coast in Depoe Bay. As I recall, there was a great body surfing beach in the Poipu Beach area where I caught some spectacular waves in my youth. 🙂
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amazing pictures
You’re really making me long for a trip to Hawaii and especially Kauai.
I really would like to be there now as well, but at least here we have fall foliage as a consolation prize
The blow hole is definitely worth a visit.
Yes!😀
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