Isaac Hale Beach Park, Black sand beach in Puna, Hawaii, US.

Isaac Hale Beach Park is an oceanfront park on Pohoiki Bay in the Puna District, at the intersection of Pohoiki Road and Kalapana-Kapoho Road (Route 137). It was expanded and modernized in 2006. The 2018 lower Puna eruption buried the pier, boat launch and old protected bay under a new black sand beach that now impounds geothermal warm water pools.

The park honors Private Isaac Kepoʻokalani Hale of the U.S. Army's 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, killed north of the 38th parallel on July 12, 1951. The park was expanded and modernized in 2006. During the 2018 lower Puna eruption, lava covered picnic benches and a small playground in the northern area but stopped a few hundred feet short of the boat ramp.

This place serves as a gathering point for people who fish and maintain long-standing coastal traditions. The rocky shoreline framed by palms reflects how local communities remain connected to the ocean and its resources.

Visitors access the park via Highways 130 and 137 with adequate parking and direct beach access. Wear sturdy shoes as the black sand gets hot and rocky debris from volcanic formations can be sharp.

The lava front stopped a few hundred feet short of the boat ramp when the 2018 eruption wound down in early August, so the ramp survived while the pier and old protected bay were buried under new black sand. The warm pools the flows impounded are reached from the park itself.