Makapuu Lighthouse Oahu Ceramic Art Tile

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

Each tile ships in a kraft box, tied with cream ribbon, with a handwritten note from the studio if you'd like to add one.

Three or five different vistas, hung together — a chapter of places you've been, or want to go.

At the easternmost point of Oahu, inside the Ka Iwi State Scenic Shoreline, about 17 miles east of Waikiki along Kalanianaole Highway. The lookout is reached by a 2-mile paved round-trip trail above the cliffs facing the Kaiwi Channel.

The Makapu'u Point Light Station was completed and first lit on October 1, 1909, established by the United States Lighthouse Service to guide ships approaching Honolulu Harbor. The U.S. Coast Guard automated the station in 1974 and still maintains the light today.

No. The lighthouse and its compound are active U.S. Coast Guard property and closed to the public. The trail ends at an upper lookout above the tower, where the lantern and its hyperradiant Fresnel lens are visible from the ridgeline behind a locked fence.

The trail is 2 miles round trip, paved end-to-end, gaining roughly 500 feet of elevation across four gentle switchbacks. Most walkers reach the upper lookout in 30 to 40 minutes one way. The route is stroller-accessible; no permit is required.

The lantern holds a hyperradiant Fresnel lens — one of the largest classical lighthouse lenses ever installed in the United States. Made in Paris by Barbier, Bénard et Turenne and first lit in 1909, it carries the modern electric light up to 28 nautical miles offshore.

North Pacific humpback whales pass through the Kaiwi Channel from late December into early April, with peak sightings in February and March. The overlooks at the half-mile and one-mile marks face the channel and are among the most reliable shoreside vantage points on Oahu.

The Hawaiian name Makapu'u translates roughly as "bulging eye," traditionally linked to a stone figure described in early accounts of the point. The name now covers the headland, the lighthouse, the beach just north, and the lookout trail.

It has been a meaningful gift for our customers from windward Oahu — Makapu'u is part of the daily landscape for anyone living in Waimanalo, Hawaii Kai, or Kailua. A Keepsake or Coaster with a handwritten note from the studio travels well; for a larger gesture, the Medium frames cleanly over a console or entry table.

The piece reads well in coastal-modern rooms, jewel-tone maximalist spaces, and tropical-modern interiors. The cobalt and surf-green of the channel water carries warm wood and pale linen; the white tower gives a clean focal point in rooms anchored in rattan, teak, or unbleached wool.

Coastal-modern has moved away from generic beach palettes and toward specific Pacific places — Hawaii, Big Sur, the Mendocino coast. A Makapu'u tile gives a coastal room a named anchor rather than a generic ocean print, which is the direction the category has shifted over the past few seasons.

Above a standard sofa of 75 to 90 inches, the single Large reads from across the room; a 4-tile Mural fills the wall above a long sectional; a 9-tile Mural carries an open great room. Above a console or entry table, the Medium is the usual call.

Yes, with the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and built for vertical installations in steam and splash zones — a bathroom feature wall, a kitchen backsplash, a shower niche. The Glossy finish is reserved for framed wall pieces in dry rooms.

Microfibre cloth and water. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure and lives beneath a thin protective layer, so no special cleaner or sealant is needed. Avoid abrasive pads and bleach-based scrubs.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is drawn and finished in the studio by Reid Wender; nothing is licensed in and nothing is sourced from a stock catalog. Each place enters the atlas by Reid's choice.