Kona Sea Salt

ABOUT OUR SALT FARM
Our oceanfront salt farm is located on the Kona coastline of Hawaii island - the southern-most island and the largest in the Hawaiian island chain. Kona Sea Salt is the only sea salt in the world made from pure, 900 year-old deep ocean water, rich in natural minerals and flavor. Our salt water is drawn from 2,200 feet below the ocean’s surface making it one of the highest quality finishing salts. In addition to gourmet sea salts, as part of the salt making process, we also farm Deep Ocean Minerals as a magnesium supplement, magnesium bath and Nigari - the traditional tofu coagulant.

Located on 7 acres of oceanfront space on Kona Keahole Point, Kona Sea Salt hand harvests Hawaiian Salt from pristine deep ocean waters, 2200 feet below the surface of the Kona Sea. You will learn about the salt harvesting process and the different kinds of salt variations, how deep seawater is different from surface water, the significance of salt in Hawaiian culture and a brief historical overview of the ancient Hawaiian settlement Ho’ona.

KONA SEA SALTS

Our company began life in 1992 when a team of University researchers founded a startup venture, Aquasearch Inc., to explore the uses of micro algae as a clean energy source and salmon feed additive. In the process, they discovered that Astaxanthin has potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties for people and they were the first to make it available as a consumer nutritional supplement, AstaFactor. In 2004 they began to produce Kona Sea Salts using Deep Ocean Water using a contemporary version of traditional Hawaiian salt making technology, solar-evaporation.

KEĀHOLE POINT, HO‘ONA

Our salt farm is located at Keāhole Point, in the area known as Ho‘ona, the westernmost point of Hawai‘i Island. The unique geological features on land and offshore of Keāhole Point (named after the Āhole fish) has historically provided Ho’ona with an abundance of resources. 1,000 years ago, Anchialine ponds provided brackish water where ʻopae ‘ula, an endemic shrimp, algae and seaweeds grew. The ponds were ringed by native plants, including makaloa used for making fine mats. Fresh water could be gathered from lava tubes for limited farming and drinking, and there were rich fishing grounds right offshore.