One of the more incredible sights in Tonga was the blowholes.
Blowholes are created by the water moving through natural tunnels cut in the rock by the coast. As the tunnels get closer to the coast, they turn upwards, creating a fountain.
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Here's a QuickTime
movie showing a sequence of a wave rushing up to the blowholes (click
to play).