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 251 - COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES ON STATE OCEAN WATERS, NAVIGABLE STREAMS, AND BEACHES › Subchapter 6 - WAIKIKI AND KAANAPALI BEACH AND OCEAN WATERS › Section 13-251-57 - Waikiki ocean waters

Current through June, 2024
(a) Waikiki ocean
					 waters means the area shown on Exhibit 1, dated May 1, 2012, located at the end
					 of this subchapter and incorporated herein. The boundaries are as follows:
					 Beginning at the point where the mean high water mark intersects a line
					 perpendicular to the shoreline below the Diamond Head Lighthouse; then in the
					 Ewa direction along the mean high water mark to the makai boundary of the Ala
					 Wai Small Boat Harbor and buoy R"8"; then west across the channel to the
					 seawall on the Diamond Head side of Magic Island; then following along the mean
					 high water mark to the seaward prolongation of the parking lot on the Ewa side
					 of Magic Island; then along the edge of the reef to the revetment on the
					 Waikiki side of the Kewalo Basin entrance channel; then along a straight line
					 to the Kewalo Basin entrance channel buoy R"2"; then southeasterly along a
					 straight line to the Ala Wai boat harbor entrance lighted buoy R"4"; then along
					 a straight line to the Diamond Head buoy R"2"; then along a straight line the
					 point of beginning.
(b) The Waikiki
					 ocean waters are reserved primarily for use by bathers, swimmers, surfers,
					 snorkelers, and other recreational uses and subject to restrictions set forth
					 in this section. No person shall operate a vessel or watercraft within the
					 Waikiki ocean waters within 500 feet of the shoreline at a speed in excess of
					 slow-no-wake. Vessel operators shall exercise caution while transiting the area
					 due to heavy use by swimmers. This section shall not apply in the event of an
					 emergency, or to law enforcement or rescue craft, or vessels participating
					 under a valid regatta permit issued by the department or the Coast Guard.
(1) Zone A is described as follows:
Beginning at the breakwater makai of the Hilton Hawaiian
						Village rainbow tower; then following the mean high water mark northwesterly to
						the Duke Kahanamoku Lagoon; then southerly to 21°16'25.36"N, 157°50 '
						12.15"W; then in a straight line ending at the starting point;
Restrictions: No person shall navigate, moor, or anchor a
						vessel in or on the waters of Zone A, except that a manually propelled
						outrigger canoe or a catamaran propelled by sail may be operated in those
						waters if the vessel has been issued a permit by the department, or that a
						catamaran propelled by sail capable of carrying six persons or less, with a
						valid permit to operate within Waikiki ocean waters under the provisions of
						section
						13-251-52,
						may anchor overnight in the area adjacent to the groin in the vicinity of the
						Ala Wai Heliport. Notwithstanding this subsection, vessels operating from the
						Hilton Hawaiian Village pier are exempt from the restrictions in this
						paragraph.
(2) Zone B is
					 described as follows: Beginning at the breakwater makai of the Hawaiian Village
					 Rainbow Tower; then along the mean high water mark in the Diamond Head
					 direction to the mauka Ewa side of the natatorium; then seaward along the Ewa
					 wall of the natatorium to the outer edge of the reef at 21°15'52.26"N,
					 157°49'31.67"W; then along the reef in the north direction to the seaward
					 end of the wall at Kapahulu; then in a straight line eastward ending at the
					 starting point; Restrictions:
(i) No person
					 shall navigate or moor a vessel in or on the Waikiki ocean waters, except that
					 outrigger canoes operated by a duly organized canoe club, or a sailing
					 catamaran, or a manually propelled outrigger canoe may be navigated, moored, or
					 anchored in those waters if the vessel has been issued a permit by the
					 department to navigate in the waters. Notwithstanding this subsection, a
					 sailing catamaran may temporarily operate in Zone B as a power-driven catamaran
					 when necessary to protect life or property and if that vessel is registered by
					 the department to operate in Waikiki ocean waters and under the immediate
					 control of an operator who has been issued a valid permit by the
					 department;
(ii) No person shall
					 navigate or moor a catamaran in or on the waters of Zone B or on the shore
					 below the mean high water mark if four catamarans are navigating or moored in
					 such zone;
(iii) The minimum
					 distance separating any two catamarans moored in Zone B shall be eighty feet;
					 and
(iv) For this subchapter,
					 surfboards are not considered to be a vessel.
(3) Zone C is described as follows:
Beginning at the end of the Ewa groin at the Duke
						Kahanamoku statue; then following the groin shoreward and along the Kuhio Beach
						shoreline to the mauka end of the wall at Kapahulu; then to the end of the
						wall; then following the seawall in a northward direction to the point of
						beginning.
Restrictions: Zone C is designated as a swimming, bathing
						and wading zone. No person shall engage in fishing by any means or device from
						the Kuhio seawall to the shoreline between the wall at Kapahulu and the Ewa
						groin.
(4) Zone D is
					 described as follows: Beginning at the makai-Ewa corner of the wall at
					 Kapahulu; then 160 yards in the Diamond Head direction on a straight line
					 perpendicular to the beach to 21°16'11.35"N, 157°49'24.49"W; then 100
					 yards seaward on a straight line ending at 21°16'10.43"N,
					 157°49'27.89"W; then 310 yards in the Ewa direction on a straight line
					 ending at 21°16'19.32"N, 157°49'30.27"W; then 100 yards shoreward to
					 21°16'20.27"N, 157°49'26.90"W; then in a straight line back to the
					 point of beginning.
Restrictions: No person shall navigate or moor a vessel
						or navigate or otherwise use a surfboard in or on the waters of Zone D, except
						that paipo boards not in excess of four feet in length and without skegs or any
						other fin-like projections protruding from the bottom of the boards are
						permitted to be used on the waters.
(5) Zone E is described as follows:
Beginning at a point where the Diamond Head wall of the
						Natatorium intersects the mean high watermark at 21°15'50 . 66"N,
						157°49'18.30"W; then following the mean high water mark in a Diamond Head
						direction to the Colony Surf Hotel at 21°15'44.76"N, 157°49'17.45"W;
						then in a seaward direction to 21°15.44.16"N, 157°49'19.32"W; then
						north to the makai-Diamond Head corner of the Natatorium; then in a straight
						line to the point of beginning.
Restrictions: No person shall navigate or moor a vessel
						in or on the waters of Zone E, except that a manually propelled outrigger canoe
						operated by a duly organized canoe club, or a commercially operated manually
						propelled outrigger canoe may be navigated in these waters if the vessel has
						been registered in accordance with this chapter and is under immediate control
						of an operator who has a valid permit issued by the department in accordance
						with subchapter
						1.