Emergency Crime Scene and Biohazard Cleanup in Poipu, HI

Poipu, whose Census spelling is Poʻipū, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kauai County on the southern side of the island of Kauai, Hawaii, and its name means crashing waves in Hawaiian.

The 2020 census recorded 1,299 residents in 575 households in the Poipu CDP.

Poipu Beach Park was named the best beach in America in 2001 by coastal scientist Stephen Leatherman, known as Dr. Beach, and green sea turtles have crawled out to bask on the beach on afternoons and evenings since 2021, while Hawaiian monk seals sometimes haul out there to rest.

Poipu Beach was devastated by Hurricane Iniki in September 1992, the strongest hurricane on record to strike Hawaii.

The CDP covers 2.89 square miles, of which 2.57 square miles are land and 0.32 square miles are water, at an elevation of 20 feet, and it is bordered to the north by Koloa and to the south by the Pacific Ocean.

Spouting Horn, a park with a natural lava-tube blowhole west of Poipu, throws spray dozens of feet into the air at high surf, and local tradition ties its roar to a moʻo, a legendary lizard trapped in the rock.

Prince Kuhio Park in Poipu marks the birthplace of Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, Hawaii's long-serving delegate to the United States Congress.

Poipu is home to the Allerton Garden and McBryde Garden of the National Tropical Botanical Garden, and to Moir Gardens on the former Kiahuna plantation.

The Kāneiolouma Complex, the remains of an ancient Hawaiian village, stands across the street from Poipu Beach Park, and the 13-acre Kāneiolouma Heiau remains significant to Native Hawaiians.

Poipu features a group of high-end hotels and resorts and two main shopping centers, and it is served by the Koloa post office's ZIP code 96756.