Sentences with phrase «leeward side»

Our first luau came after an hour - long bus ride from bustling, tourist - clogged Waikiki to the quiet leeward side of Oahu where Ko Olina was once the beach retreat of King Kaméhaméha I's favorite wife.

Join us as we explore the northern leeward side of the island.

The whole leeward side of a box elder tree is crusted with green: Where does one lichen end and another begin?

The tour Gomez conducted was of the northern leeward side ofthe island, the Bacalar Chico Ranger's station.

All of our select leeward side vacation rental properties are beachfront and / or are within one short block from the beach.

Take some time and enjoy various parts of the island — from the open, undeveloped eastern coast with its rugged landscape and rocky shores, to the protected leeward side of the island with its calm waters and tropical fish.

It is generally drier on Maui's leeward side where you'll find the spectacular beaches and resorts of Kapalua, Kaanapali, Lahaina, Kihei and Wailea along the western coast.

Taking full advantage of the resort's more than half mile of blue Caribbean waterfront on the calm leeward side of the island, a full array of enjoyable water sports activities are available to guests on a complimentary basis.

In an easy - to - read style, the author contrasts the climate and vegetation on the windward and leeward sides of the Cascade Mountains, details how firefighters contain a wildfires and how wildfires can help the growth of vegetation and specific types of trees.

It was still too rough to circumnavigate the Cape but, on the leeward side, there was a small, rocky inlet where we could put ashore and sightsee.

If you're on the leeward side of Oahu visiting Aulani, another option is the beaches of Ko Olina.

This helps students understand the climatic differences of moist air traveling over a mountain range and creating lush vegetation on one side and a drier climate on the leeward side.

The temperature of the air falls as ice is approached, especially on the leeward side; but generally only at an inconsiderable distance from it.

The team's computer simulations show that clouds of electrons will form in the leeward side in the crater.

Birds that refused to budge from the leeward side died out long ago.

These structures slow the wind which causes the snow to be deposited on the leeward side of the fence.

Gauthier grew up in central California, on the leeward side of the Sierras in what he calls cowboy country.

And new research shows that most of the winged mammals approach turbines from the leeward side, which could provide insight into optimal placement.

As it moves around the corner towards the leeward side of the vehicle, the air in the boundary layer slows down and can not any longer follow the surface.

Vortex generators operate on a basic aerodynamics principle — that if you reduce the separation of the airflow on the leeward side of an airfoil, you can enhance the lift and at the same time reduce the drag.

Famed resorts such as Disney's Aulani are located in Ko Olina which is also on the leeward side of the island.

[Edit: I probably should have added that the leeward side of the island is on the western coast of the island!

I notice it all the time since I currently live on the leeward side of the island.

Lowering to the leeward side of the atoll in a slow flapping of wings, Obsidian deposited his burden on a sandy strip of beach and settled down on the rocks nearby.

We look forward to welcoming you back to paradise soon on the dry, leeward side of the island.

One fine day this past summer we sailed from the leeward side of Santa Rosa Island through the San Miguel Passage and into Cuyler Harbor.

Situated on the leeward side of the island's northeast coast, the villa is just steps from Pelican Bay Beach and enjoys spectacular views of the Caribbean Sea.

On the leeward side below Mauna Kea's 13,792 ft. volcanic peak, the hotel offers a majestic open - air design and is set on a bluff with views down onto what has been described as «probably the most classically perfect beach in Hawaii».

 The focus of these discussions has been on the Mata and Cayo Frances Lagoons wetland areas, the Mexico Rocks region and the leeward side of Ambergris Caye.

This leeward side of the island is arid with gorgeous beaches and mostly dry heat.

But if you are looking for untouched, pristine and isolated marine environments, then the leeward side is the place to be!

On the leeward side of Ambergris Caye, the water is as smooth as glass, and not very deep.

We're aboard Sea's d Day for a full day of fun and adventure with SEAduced by #Belize on the leeward side of Ambergris Caye!

The leeward side of the island is also dotted with some of the most beautiful islands!

Chione cancellata: Cross-barred venus: BEACHCOMBERS TIP: This is the most common shell found on the leeward side of the island.

Before vitamins were widely synthesized around WW II, there was a shark factory on the leeward side of Caye Caulker.

There are 12 lagoons on the leeward side of the island and into them run numerous creeks.

By 1932, however, he had acquired another barge and moved his operations to the bay on the leeward side of Caye Caulker, the island immediately to the south of Ambergris Caye.

The leeward side of Cozumel Island is the idyllic place for all varieties of diving excursions.

The leeward side of Cozumel Island, where Playa Uvas is located, is world renowned for clear waters and abundant sea life.

Witness the awe - inspiring beauty of the coral reef off the leeward side of the Island of Cozumel.

The Hawaiian Islands are generally drier on the western, or leeward side, and wetter on the eastern, or windward side.

COZUMEL Cozumel has some great beaches on the leeward side of the island making the waters calm even on rough days.

The first instalment is the western side of Ambergris Caye (the leeward side of the island).

The deep - water port on the leeward side of the island is home to both the ferry docks as well as the cruise ship docks.