Ocean Cave

Oahu, September 2007

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Near the Kuli'ou Ridge trailhead is the Spitting Cave of Portlock, a lava cliff in which the sea has bored a cave which will, if conditions are right, spit. Just to the right of the short trail leading down to this area is a lot for sale. Anyone want to go halfsies with us?

I'm standing 65 feet above the spitting cave. I have no inclination to jump but apparently, when the water is calm, locals have been doing just that for generations, but only on the weekends. To the right, not really visible in this photo, is a rusted ladder I used to get down to just above the water at the cave.

Here I am waiting for the cave to spit, it did so several times but none of the photos came out. I desperately wanted to swim here, the water was soooooo bluuuuue, but erred on the side of caution since it was pretty rough and we were the only people there.

On our second trip the spitting cave the sea was really rough and the cave was spitting up a storm. This photo, and the one below, are a bit wonky at they were taken with a cheap disposable camera after our digital got wet and died.

However, the highlight of this second trip was the bodybuilder in the red Speedo who chose this location for his headshots, err body-shots?

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