Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Subtitle 11 - OCEAN RECREATION AND COASTAL AREAS › Part 2 - BOATING › Chapter 244 - RULES OF THE ROAD; LOCAL AND SPECIAL RULES › Section 13-244-36 - Kaanapali ocean waters, general restrictions

Current through June, 2024
(a) The
				  Kaanapali ocean waters are subject to the following restrictions:
(1) No person shall navigate any vessel at a
				  speed in excess of five miles per hour within five hundred feet of the
				  shoreline;
(2) No person shall
				  navigate a motorboat in or on Kaanapali ocean waters within two hundred feet of
				  the shoreline, or designated swimming area, or within one hundred feet of a
				  diver's flag, nor shall any person navigate a commercial motorized vessel
				  within five hundred feet of the shoreline except within a designated
				  ingress/egress corridor. Notwithstanding this paragraph, vessels engaged in
				  fishing outside the designated ingress/egress corridors are exempt from the two
				  hundred foot shoreline restriction, provided that designated swimming areas are
				  approached with caution and due care;
(3) No person shall navigate a motorized
				  vessel within three hundred feet of a vessel engaged in fishing;
(4) A vessel engaged in fishing shall not
				  impede the passage of any vessel passing through a designated ingress/egress
				  corridor;
(5) No person shall
				  embark or disembark passengers on the beach to or from a catamaran registered
				  to carry passengers for hire when the vessel exceeds sixty-five feet in length
				  or a passenger carrying capacity of forty-nine persons unless prior permission
				  to navigate the Kaanapali ocean waters is obtained from the department for each
				  trip through these waters. Notwithstanding this paragraph, any company
				  currently operating a catamaran which exceeds sixty-five feet in length or a
				  passenger carrying capacity of forty-nine persons, which is in business and
				  properly registered with the department of commerce and consumer affairs as of
				  the effective date of these rules may apply for and renew its permit as long as
				  the company remains in business, remains properly registered with the
				  department of commerce and consumer affairs, and complies with the rules of the
				  that department;
(6) No person
				  shall anchor or moor a vessel, barge, platform, or raft within two hundred feet
				  of the shoreline or a designated ingress/egress corridor; and
(7) No person shall [navigate or] moor a
				  vessel engaged in commercial use in or on Kaanapali ocean waters unless the
				  vessel has been registered and the owner has a valid permit issued by the
				  department in accordance with this chapter; however, commercial vessels solely
				  transiting through the Kaanapali ocean waters shall not be required to be
				  registered or have a commercial permit. This subsection shall not apply to
				  Hawaiian design canoes engaged in crew training.
(8) No person shall navigate or moor a vessel
				  engaged in commercial use in or on Kaanapali ocean waters unless the vessel has
				  been registered and the owner has a valid permit issued by the department in
				  accordance with this chapter.
This subsection shall not apply to Hawaiian design canoes
					 engaged in crew training.