Polihale Spirits in the Sky

by Debra Banks

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Polihale Spirits in the Sky

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Debra Banks

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Photograph - Photography

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A incredible sun ray display with the islands of Niʻihau "The Forbidden Isle" and Lehua can be seen on the horizon standing on Polihale Beach on the west coast of Kauai, the Garden Isle

Polihale, an uncommonly beautiful beach, casts an almost sacred spell on all who visit. Isolated and other-worldly, Polihale beach hugs the shore below steep mounds of blazing, white sand called Nohilili Dunes. At the end of an old sugarcane road, Polihale is the site of ancient Hawaiian temple ruins, originally constructed at a point over the ocean where Hawaiians believed the souls of the dead departed for Po, the underworld.

Polihale State Park is a remote wild beach on the western side of the Hawaiian island of Kauai. It is the most western publicly accessible area in Hawaii. in Hawaiian, Polihale literally translates as “House Bosom.” The root Po refers to the original night and darkness from which creation is manifested (the Hawaiian “day” began at nightfall), in this case, symbolizing “the source.” Poli in Hawaiian means "bosom" or “breast,” often believed to represent birth or life.


In Hawaiian mythology, Nāmaka (or Nā-maka-o-Kahaʻi, the eyes of Kahaʻi) appears as a sea goddess or a water spirit and she is an older sister of Pele-honua-mea.

My soul is full of longing
for the secret of the sea,
and the heart of the great ocean
sends a thrilling pulse through me.”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch, we are going back from whence we came" John F. Kennedy


"In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans". Kahlil Gibran

The beauty of ocean waves and the infinite shapes and textures that it offers...when we take the time to watch and observe its creations.



In the mythology of old Hawaii, Kanaloa was the god of the ocean, a healer god, and the close companion of Kane, the god of creation.

Hawaiian Language;
Ocean - Moana
Wave - Nalu

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