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 13-244-28 - Waikiki ocean waters restricted areas

Current through June, 2024
(a) Definition.
				  "Waikiki ocean waters restricted areas" means the area described as follows:
(1) Zone A, Waikiki ocean waters means the
				  area described as follows:
Beginning at the makai-Ewa corner of the natatorium; then
					 seaward on a prolongation of the Ewa wall of the natatorium to the outer edge
					 of the reef; then along the reef in the mauka direction to the seaward end of
					 the Kapahulu drainage groin; then seaward along a straight line connecting the
					 seaward end of Kapahulu drainage groin and the Ala Wai boat harbor entrance
					 lighted buoy (Red "2"); then mauka on a prolongation of the Diamond Head
					 boundary line of Fort DeRussy to the mean high water mark of the beach adjacent
					 to the boundary line; then along the mean high water mark in the Diamond Head
					 direction to the mauka-Ewa side of the natatorium; then along the Ewa side of
					 the natatorium in a seaward direction to, and ending at, the point of
					 beginning.
(2)
				  Restrictions:
(i) No person shall navigate or
				  moor a vessel in or on the waters, except outrigger canoes operated by a duly
				  organized canoe club, or a sailing catamaran or manually propelled outrigger
				  canoe may be navigated, moored, or anchored in these waters if the vessel has
				  been registered pursuant to this subchapter and is under the immediate control
				  of an operator who has been issued a permit by the department to navigate in
				  the waters. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, a sailing
				  catamaran 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 may temporarily operate the catamaran in Zone A, Waikiki
				  ocean waters, as a power-driven catamaran when necessary to protect life or
				  property.
(ii) No person shall
				  navigate or moor a catamaran in or on the waters or on the shore below the mean
				  high watermark if four catamarans are navigating or moored in such
				  zone.
(iii) The minimum distance
				  separating any two catamarans moored in Zone A shall be eighty feet.
(iv) There shall be no surfing in the zone
				  between the water's edge and a point fifty yards seaward therefrom, except for
				  learners while receiving initial instructions under the direct supervision of a
				  primary or senior surfboard instructor who has a permit issued by the
				  department as provided in these rules.
(3) Zone B, Waikiki ocean waters.
(A) Zone B, Waikiki ocean waters means the
				  area described as follows:
Beginning at a point where the Diamond Head side of the
					 boundary of Fort DeRussy intersects the mean high water mark; then seaward on a
					 prolongation of that boundary line to a straight line connecting the Ala Wai
					 boat harbor entrance lighted buoy (Red "2") and the Ewa end of the Kapahulu
					 drainage groin; then to the Ewa direction to the makai-Ewa corner of the
					 breakwater makai of the Hawaiian Village rainbow tower; then Ewa along the
					 breakwater to the mean high water mark; then along the mean high water mark; in
					 a mauka-Diamond Head direction to, and ending at, the point of
					 beginning.
(B)
				  Restrictions:
No person shall navigate, moor, or anchor a vessel in or
					 on the waters, except a manually propelled outrigger canoe or a catamaran
					 propelled by sail only may be operated in these waters if the vessel has been
					 registered pursuant to this subchapter. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
					 subsection, vessels operating from the Hilton Hawaiian Village pier are exempt
					 from the above instructions.
(4) Zone C, Waikiki ocean waters.
(A) Zone C, Waikiki ocean waters means the
				  area described as follows:
Beginning at the makai-Ewa corner of the concrete drainage
					 groin located seaward of the junction of Kapahulu and Kalakaua Avenue; then to
					 a point 160 yards in the Diamond Head direction on a straight line at right
					 angles to the long axis of the groin; then to a point 100 yards seaward on a
					 straight line parallel to the long axis of the groin; then to a point 310 yards
					 in the Ewa direction on a straight line at right angles to the long axis of the
					 groin; then to the shoreward direction on a straight line parallel to the long
					 axis of the groin to the point where this line meets the concrete seawall; then
					 in the Diamond Head direction to, and ending at, the point of beginning.
(B) Restrictions:
No person shall navigate or moor a vessel or navigate or
					 otherwise use a surfboard in or on the waters, except 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 D, Waikiki ocean waters.
(A) Zone D, Waikiki ocean waters means the
				  area described as follows:
Beginning at a point where the Diamond Head wall of the
					 natatorium intersects the mean high water mark; then along the wall in a
					 seaward direction to the makai-Diamond Head corner; then in a Diamond Head
					 direction on a straight line to the seaward end of the first groin Diamond Head
					 of the Sans Souci pier; then in a mauka direction along the groin to the mean
					 high water mark; then in an Ewa direction along the mean high water mark to,
					 and ending at, the point of beginning.
(B) Restrictions:
No person shall navigate or moor a vessel in or on the
					 waters, except 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
					 pursuant to this chapter and is under immediate control of an operator who has
					 a valid permit issued by the department in accordance with these rules.