Little Hunter's Beach
A secluded beach in a little cove where unique, rounded rocks make interesting sounds when the surf comes in.
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Little Hunter's Beach Details
A steep staircase leads down to Little Hunter's Beach, a very different type of beach, filled with spherical cobbles and boulders framed by cliffs. Where the sea breaks apart rock and removes it, it also deposits it in the form of fine sediments, gravel, cobbles, and boulders. Many of these rocks broke from the surrounding cliffs, their jagged edges eventually smoothed and rounded by constant tumbling in the ocean waves only to be deposited in this sloping shoreline pocket. NOTE: Little Hunter's Beach cannot be seen from the Park Loop Road. You must descend the stairs to reach the site. There is not an official parking area, only a pull-out for two or three vehicles. There are no lifeguards on duty and the ocean temperature rarely exceeds 55 degrees in summer. Be very careful if you attempt to walk on wet rocks. They can be exceptionally slippery, especially when they appear greenish or are covered with seaweed.
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