Molokai's South Shore is as low and level as its North Shore is vertical. The land tapers into the sea then extends as far as a mile in some places until a fringing reef draws a kind of second shoreline. Within this reef wall the water is mirror-still and just a few feet in depth. No good for surfing, but excellent for kayaking.
Thrill to adventures in, on and under Molokai's sparkling clean waters.
Along this shore kayakers and coastline travelers can marvel at manmade constructions that seem to have been left by a race of giants. These are the fifty-plus mysterious fishponds (loko i'a) built in the old days - underwater pens made of artfully stacked boulders. Like Stonehenge or Machu Picchu, these engineering achievements pay tribute to the strength and ingenuity of ancestral people. Like so much of Molokai does, they tug our attention away from the perplexity of contemporary issues to a broader contemplation of our greater humanity.
