Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Subtitle 11 - OCEAN RECREATION AND COASTAL AREAS › Part 3 - OCEAN WATERS, NAVIGABLE STREAMS AND BEACHES › Chapter 256 - OCEAN RECREATION MANAGEMENT RULES AND AREAS › Subchapter 3 - SOUTH SHORE KAUAI OCEAN RECREATION MANAGEMENT AREAS › Section 13-256-56 - Wailua River restricted area

Current through June, 2024
(a) Restrictions
					 described in this section shall not apply to department vessels, department
					 personnel, or emergency, patrol, or rescue craft while performing official
					 duties.
(b) The Wailua River
					 restricted area means the navigable waters of the Wailua River, Kauai, as
					 defined by the boundaries as shown on Exhibit "L", titled, "Island of Kauai,
					 Wailua River Restricted Area," dated February 27, 1998, and located at the end
					 of this subchapter. The boundaries begin at a point at the high water mark at
					 the mouth of the Wailua River and include all the navigable waters along the
					 Wailua River in a westerly direction to the base of Kaholalele Falls on the
					 north fork of the river and all of the navigable waters to the base of the
					 Wailua Falls on the south fork of the river.
(c) The Wailua River restricted area shall be
					 divided into four zones:
(1) Zone 'A'
					 includes all the navigable waters beginning fifty feet into the river from the
					 western side of the Wailua River bridge and from seventy-five feet into the
					 Wailua River from the north shoreline to a point approximately eighteen hundred
					 feet along the shoreline, then extends from the banks of the north shoreline to
					 approximately' seven hundred and eighty-three yards upstream as indicated by
					 navigational aids on both sides of the river designating the boundary between
					 Zones 'A' and 'B', as shown on Exhibit "L-l", titled, "Island of Kauai, Wailua
					 River Restricted Area, Zone 'A'," dated February 27, 1998, and located at the
					 end of this subchapter.
(2) Zone
					 'B' includes all waters extending approximately two miles upstream from the
					 navigational aids on both sides of the river designating the boundary between
					 Zones 'A' and 'B' to the base of Kaholalele Falls on the north fork of the
					 river and approximately three and a half miles from the navigational aids
					 designating the boundary between Zones 'A' and 'B' to the base of the Wailua
					 Falls on the south fork of the river as shown on Exhibit "L", titled, "Island
					 of Kauai, Wailua River Restricted Area," dated February 27, 1998, and located
					 at the end of this subchapter.
(3)
					 Zone 'C includes the waters beginning at the west side of the Wailua River
					 bridge between the north and south banks and extends fifty feet into the river,
					 then proceeds along the north shoreline extending seventy-five feet into the
					 Wailua River from the north shoreline to a point approximately eighteen hundred
					 feet along the shoreline as shown on Exhibit "L-l", titled, "Island of Kauai,
					 Wailua River Restricted Area, Zone 'A'," dated February 27, 1998, and located
					 at the end of this subchapter.
(4)
					 Zone 'D' begins at the eastern boundary of Zone 'C and extends under the Wailua
					 River bridge between the north and south banks, extending to the
					 shoreline.