5120 x 3413 px | 43,3 x 28,9 cm | 17,1 x 11,4 inches | 300dpi
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Waimea Bay is located on the North Shore of O‘ahu in the Hawaiian Islands at the mouth of the Waimea River. Waimea Valley extends behind Waimea Bay. Waimea means "Red Water" in Hawaiian. Captain Clerke aboard HMS Resolution stopped at Waimea Bay on 28 February 1779. Clerke had shortly before taken command of the ship after Capt. James Cook was killed at Kealakekua Bay on 14 February, and was leaving the islands for the North Pacific. It was the only O‘ahu anchorage which this expedition visited. The site was densely populated at the time, and remains of a heiau (Hawaiian temple) can still be found above the bay. Here Capt. Vancouver is rumored to have been killed and sacrificed by cannibal kahunas and offered on the stone altar that can be seen in Puu O Mahuka Heiau above Waimea Bay. You can access the park by driving up Pupukea Road and taking the first right throught he cattle guard. A short hike down the hill brings you to a spectacular view of the sunset and the North Shore towards the Waianae Mountain range.
