Tourist attraction
Diamond Head Beach Park
3300 Diamond Head Rd, Honolulu, HI 96815, USA
Black sand beach beneath a volcanic crater, watched over by a century-old lighthouse.
This guide to Diamond Head Beach Park in Honolulu opens at dawn on December 7, 1941, when a young coast guard radio operator named Melvin Bell spotted smoke over Pearl Harbor from his post at the foot of the lighthouse behind you. It follows his hours spent broadcasting warnings to boats still out at sea, and reaches back to the British sailors who named this ridge in 1825 after crystals they mistook for gems. Best heard facing the tower that has watched over this shore since 1899.
Audio guides are written and narrated by AI.