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First Gray's Beach. For the past several months I have been saving the data on Gray's Beach for inclusion in the shelling
areas on Oahu's north shore. In researching the area I could find no Gray's Beach. Cliff Weaver set me straight. Gray's Beach
is a part of Waikiki extending from just in front of the Halekulani Hotel towards Fort DeRussy. This area was, when known as
Gray's Beach, one of the best collecting areas on all Oahu. In addition to the shells previously reported for the areas
off-shore from Waikiki, the following Cypraea have been found in the relatively shallow waters of Gray's Beach: C. carneola,
granulata, lynx, semiplota, sulcidentata, talpa, teres, tessellata, and vitellus: a very impressive list of shells. Most of
these shells are still found in the deeper water off-shore and in recent months several have been found by shallow water
collectors.
The second omission was the existence of a fossil bed in the Kahuku Point area. Professor Ostergaard, in his pamphlet "Fossil
Marine Mollusks of Oahu" (Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin No. 51), reported a fossil shell area from near the radio station
inland for about 1-1/2 miles to the "precipitous walls of a limestone bluff 100 feet high, evidently a former shore line."
Ostergaard found fossil specimens of Cymatium pileare, Cypraea caputserpentis, Turbo intercostalis, and Septifers kraussii in
this fossil bed. Conus tulipa has also been reported in fossil form from Kahuku. By the way, Bulletin 51 is still in print
and can be obtained from the Bishop Museum.
So much for the "left out" department.
The area discussed this month is definitely a lee shore during the trade wind season. Our average trade winds of fifteen to
eighteen miles per hour will cause little trouble with waves or surf. However, intensified trades of up to 35 miles per hour
can cause hazardous conditions to develop, even inside the fringing reef. Occasionally huge ocean swells are encountered on
the north shore, even with little or no wind. These are usually the result of mid-ocean storms.
Off shore from Makua valley underwater activity has, in the past, far exceeded that presently found on shore for the filming
of the motion picture Philippines. At least it would appear to have from the number and species of shells reported collected
in this area. The impressive list of shells, many of them considered rare, starts with a 4-1/2" specimen of Charonia
tritonis. In the Conus seven species have been reported; capitaneus, obscurus, leopardus, lividus, bandanus, pertusus, and
striatus. Several specimens of Cypraea arenosa [schilderorum], chinensis, gaskoini, granulata, isabella, rashleighana,
scurra, sulcidentata, and tessellata have been reported, to mention only the more rare or uncommon species. I have collected
fimbriata, poraria, teres, schilderorum, and helvola. Mitra incompta, Murex pele, Nasarrius papillosus, Peristernia thaanumi,
Strombus dentatus, and hawaiensis. Terebra lanceata and pertusa, have all been reported in previous years. In addition,
hundreds of other shells have been collected in more recent times. One [of the] really rare shells, for Philippine waters,
collected in this area was Murex elongatus.
Farther down the coast at Pokai Bay many shells have been collected but only a few species reported in writing to the Shell
News. Conus leopardus seems to be quite common in the area, as does Cypraea mauritiana. Murex pele is also found occasionally
both in deep water and washed up on the beach. Cypraea talpa and tigris have both been reported from Pokai Bay.
In this same general area at Waianae reef diving at night during low tides, has produced some excellent shelling. Those
reported and published previously in the Sean Raynon Sabado were Conus pertusus, retifer and textile. Cypraea semiplota,
Modulus tectum, Thais aperta, and Turbo intercostalis were also reported. In more recent verbal reports nearly all Cypraea
have been reported from this area, as have Murex insularum, most Mitra and Terebra species, Cassis cornuta, and Harpa
conoidalis.
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