O'ahu - La'ie: La'ie Point - Kukuihoolua Island által wallyg

La'ie Point, or Laniloa, is made up of sandastone with several small islands offshore. According to legend, the peninsula was once a "Mo'o" or giant lizard. After the legendary warrior Kana rescued his mother from Moloka'i, he set out on a journey to kill all the Mo'o in the islands. When he arrived at La'ie, he defeated the Mo'o and chopped its head into five pieces which he flung into the ocean. Each piece of the lizard's head can today be seen as one of the small offshore islands. Their origianl names were Kihewamoku, Moluaaniwa, Pulemoku, Malualai, and Keauakaluapaa. The names of the islands have changed over time. Today they are known as Mokualai, Kukuihoolua, Pulemoku, Mokuauia, and Kihewamoku. Kukuihoolua Island, the closest of the five, is 423-feet offshore. This 1.3 acre islet has an elevation of 20 feet. The natural Sea Arch was created dead center on April Fool's Day, 1946 when a tsunami punched a hole, dead center, through the island.