Uoleva is known for its five small resorts: Tiana's, Captain Cook's, Sea Change Eco Retreat, Fanifo Lofa, and Serenity Beach.
The water is usually at knee height but can rise to waist level depending on where one walks.
(900 BCE), the sea level was 2 metres (6.6 feet) higher than it is today, making it a much smaller island.
[1] Early Tongans lived instead on the larger raised limestone islands or ‘Uiha, Lifuka, Foa, and Ha’ano.
[1] In the fifteenth century, the new Mata’uvave line of chiefs began constructing many pigeon snaring mounds around northern Ha’apai.