Anyone know if a parking pass is needed for Tunnels Beach?
Yes, but the website says that Ha'ena/Tunnels are currently closed.
When we were there in August Ha'ena and Tunnels were open - Ke'e is what has restricted access.
It is confusing, because Ha'ena
Beach Park, where there is a parking lot and lifeguard towers, next to the dry cave, (see below) is open as before. But Ha'ena
State Park (where Ke'e Beach and the Kalalau trailhead is located) is restricted.
Since Tunnels is not part of Ha'ena
State Park, and is actually east of Ha'ena
Beach Park, it is open. Of course the challenge is finding parking - now there's even more competition for parking there.
What is restricted is the end of the road. In the second photo below, that parking lot is now the end of the road. That is the former Ke'e beach overflow parking lot, which typically had two-foot deep potholes you needed to avoid. Now, you can't get past that point, and you can't park in the parking lot unless you have a permit. But everything up to (east of) that point is open, including Ha'ena Beach Park, Tunnels, and Kepuhi.
Last August we couldn't find parking at Ha'ena Beach Park, and, as usual parking right at the access to Tunnels was impossible, We ended up parking on a side street near the YMCA Camp between Kepuhi and Tunnels, and then walked back toward Tunnels.
Ha'ena Beach Park. No change.
Ha'ena (Ke'e) Beach parking lot - now the end of the road
