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 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR THE OCEAN RECREATION MANAGEMENT PLAN › Section 13-256-23 - Oahu Tow-in surfing areas

Current through June, 2024
(a) Persons may
					 conduct tow-in surfing seaward of the North Shore Oahu Ocean Recreation
					 Management Area (ORMA) between Kaena Point at 21 degrees 34.488 minutes north,
					 158 degrees 16.835 minutes west, and Kahuku Point at 21 degrees 42.817 minutes
					 north, 157 degrees 59.061 minutes west, and may extend their operation into the
					 ORMA waters for board and personnel recovery, rescue, and emergency purposes,
					 except within the following restricted areas as shown on Exhibit "1-A," titled
					 "Ocean Recreation Management Areas Designated Tow-in Surfing Areas North Shore
					 Oahu," dated January 4, 2002, located at the end of this subchapter, and
					 described as follows (all positions of latitude and longitude are provided in
					 global positioning system (GPS) coordinates):
(1) Area A, which includes all waters seaward
					 and perpendicular to the shoreline within the ORMA boundary, including the
					 waters of Kawela Bay, beginning at 21 degrees 42.573 minutes north, 157 degrees
					 59.902 minutes west, then proceeding along the shoreline to 21 degrees 41.617
					 minutes north, 158 degrees 01.155 minutes west, facing the "Dog
					 Island";
(2) Area B, which includes
					 the waters seaward and perpendicular to the shoreline bounded by a line drawn
					 from the shoreline at 21 degrees 40.753 minutes north, 158 degrees 02.530
					 minutes west, then west to the seaward boundary of the ORMA at 21 degrees
					 40.753 north, 158 degrees 03.580 minutes west, then south to the shoreline at
					 21 degrees 39.750 north, 158 degrees 03.580 minutes west;
(3) Area C, which includes all waters seaward
					 and perpendicular to the shoreline within the ORMA boundary beginning at the
					 north end of Shark's Cove at 21 degrees 39.318 minutes north, 158 degrees
					 03.818 minutes west, then proceeding south along the shoreline to 21 degrees
					 38.351 minutes north, 158 degrees 04.227 minutes west at the west end of Waimea
					 Bay; and
(4) Area D, which includes
					 all waters seaward and perpendicular to the shoreline within the ORMA boundary
					 beginning at 21 degrees 35.019 minutes north, 158 degrees 08.090 minutes west
					 facing the eastern edge of "Hammerheads" surf break, then proceeding west along
					 the shoreline to 21 degrees 35.015 minutes north, 158 degrees 08.435 minutes
					 west facing the western edge of "Hammerheads" surf break.
No thrill craft, except for rescue and enforcement
						units, shall operate in these restricted areas; provided that thrill craft
						operated under the direct supervision of an instructor who possesses a
						certificate of completion as described in section 13-256-22(g), and has been
						issued a permit pursuant to section 13-244-19 for tow-in surfing training, may
						be allowed in Area "B" during calm sea conditions in the summer months as
						provided in these rules.