page_title: Waikoloa Beach
section_title: Anchialine ponds
hierarchical_section_title: Waikoloa Beach / Anchialine ponds
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial view of the Anaeho'omalu Bay Fish Ponds
context_page_description: Waikoloa Beach is an area located on the South Kohala coast on the island of Hawaii and is located in the census-designated place of Puako. It can be confused for Waikoloa Village, a CDP in the same "ahupuaʻa" and is also known as "Waikoloa".
  The area is home to many notable cultural and geologic features of the ancient Hawaiian culture including aquaculture fishponds, anchialine ponds and petroglyphs.
context_section_description: The anchialine ponds of Waikoloa are part of Hawaiian culture and were preserved in 1985 as the Waikoloa Anchialine Pond Preservation Area maintained by the University of Hawaii. The brackish water lava pools located just at the coastline are fed by both freshwater springs from rain water and sea water making the ponds a unique microclimate suitable for a various small fishes, crustaceans, mollusks and tiny red shrimp.
caption: Aerial view of the Anaeho'omalu Bay Fish Ponds
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