Mokoli’i Paddle Boarding and Hike

I am approximately a month behind in blogging… I’ve been in a funk but I think I am on the other side!

Brian, Jess, Raquel, and I took an adventure to Kualoa beach park to paddle to this tiny island called Mokoil’i! To tourists it’s more commonly known as Chinaman’s hat. It’s sits about a 15 min paddle board ride away from the shore. That’s Brian in this pic! Believe it or not I was on my paddle board cautiously with my phone out.

The views of Oahu from the island are simply stunning. This is only my phone camera because I didn’t want to risk it… I think I could bring it out in a waterproof bag though.

We started hiking up it and essentially got to this cliff face. I was too uncomfortable but the others carried on without me.

I sat on a little ledge. They made it to the top and got stunning 360 views… oh well. Brian said there was one stretch that pushed his comfort zone so… I am glad I stopped but it’s always a slight disappointment.

I really wanted a pic with two rando palm trees that successfully planted themselves on the island!

Originally, we were all going to paddle or kayak out there. I had heard that you should go during low tide… but I didn’t put much thought into why and I think it’s because most people try to walk the reef out (bad bad!!). It turns out it is actually not the best because it’s too low for something like a kayak. So Jess and Raquel swam out. Anyway, by the time we came back in it was deep enough to try the kayak out. Jess bought it and hadn’t used it yet! So we went for a quick test run beyond that barrier there.

It was a cool adventure- I’m not sure I’d do it again, but maybe! I am disappointed I didn’t get up to the top. 🙁