Windward Oʻahu · Oʻahu
Mokoliʻi prints
Prints of Mokoliʻi, the islet off Kualoa known as Chinaman's Hat, from a very low tide at sunrise, from its own rocks, and from the air.
Mokoliʻi is the small, steep islet off Kualoa on Oʻahu's windward side, the one most people know as Chinaman's Hat. Its name means little lizard. In the old stories it's the tail of a giant moʻo, whose body became the ridge along the shore behind it.
It's one of the most recognizable shapes on the island, and these three show it three ways. Mokoliʻi Reflection was made on an overcast sunrise with the tide so low that the reef showed. Mokulele was made from the islet itself, looking back across the water at the Kualoa ridge. Mokoliʻi Pano takes it in from the air, with the whole ridge line behind it.
The valley behind it has its own page: Kaʻaʻawa Valley.
