The city’s 2011 North Shore Sustainable Communities Plan for the district stretching from Kaena Point to Kawela Bay is being updated, and the public is invited to participate in online meetings hosted by the Department of Planning and Permitting. Read more
Kauai’s popular and heavily trafficked Shipwreck’s Beach, where surf forms in front of the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa and peels past long white sands to the cliffs at Makawehi Point and the start of the Mahaulepu Heritage Trail, is slated for a cleanup on July 7. Read more
An unresponsive surfer was found in the waters of the surf break known as Rock Piles this morning, according to the Honolulu Emergency Services Department. Read more
Outrigger canoe paddling, a favorite recreation for Honolulu resident Catharine Creadick since she took up the sport at age 11, became a crucial outlet during the pandemic when “the world kinda came to a standstill,” she said. Read more
Following public opposition to replacing two eroded, 1937 wooden bridges on Farrington Highway at Makaha Beach with concrete bridges, and adding a temporary bypass road across the beach closer to the sea, the Hawaii Department of Transportation has modified its plan. Read more
International Surfing Day is Saturday, and the public is invited to a morning beach cleanup at Kewalo Basin Park that will be hosted by Surfrider Foundation O‘ahu Chapter. Read more
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For the Hawaiian people, Waikiki was “a land beloved” for its streams and springs, its kalo loi and coconut groves, the fish in its ocean and fishponds, and “its excellent surf,” reports a draft environmental impact statement for the state’s proposal to further develop a shoreline that has been hardened by sea walls and groins since the early 20th century. Read more
Honu, the Hawaiian green sea turtle, is in the midst of its summer nesting and hatching season and, in celebration of National Sea Turtle Day on Wednesday, two young honu were released into the wild at Waimanalo’s Kaupo Beach, across the street from Sea Life Park, which has been breeding the endangered species since the 1970s. Read more
After decades of condescension and discrimination, women surfers, who’ve historically had fewer contests and lower pay than men, and contests at Hawaii’s Pipeline and Tahiti’s Teahupo‘o pulled on grounds the waves being too dangerous for girls, are finally standing in the spotlight and claiming their due. Read more
A little before noon Tuesday, the Hawaiian monk seal pup Loli‘i lay still and quiet on the sand of Kaimana Beach just above the waterline, his round black shape difficult to distinguish from the rock-rubble groin he’d sidled up to. Read more
To promote ocean conservation, June has been designated United Nations World Oceans Month. Read more
Pedestrians and oceangoers along the busy Kapiolani Park shoreline walkway at Queen’s Beach in Waikiki may have to watch their step a bit more than usual as work to repair and reinforce the adjacent seawall gets underway. Read more
The three-year permits cover the North Shore surf seasons from Jan. 1, 2022 through Dec. 2024. Read more
In honor of the late Tom Moffatt, the visionary Honolulu rock ’n’ roll deejay and concert promoter who in the course of his 60-year career brought such top draws as Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Buffet, Willie Nelson and Frank Sinatra to the Waikiki Shell, the historic outdoor venue was rechristened in 2018 to bear his name. Read more
As COVID-19 immunizations increase and new infections drop, Honolulu physician David McEwan wishes there were vaccines to prevent infection with HIV/AIDS, which he has been battling since 1991, when he discovered the first Hawaii case of what was then called gay-related immune deficiency. Read more
In-person surf competitions with live spectators will once again be allowed at Oahu beach parks, effective today, after having been shut down since January due to COVID-19, Gov. David Ige and Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi announced last week. Read more
Hawaii’s coronavirus- related mortality toll reached the sad watershed of 500 fatalities Sunday, when the state Department of Health officials reported the death of an Oahu woman in her 50s who was hospitalized and had underlying health conditions. Read more
The charming, round-headed manu-o-Ku, or white tern, is aptly deemed Honolulu’s official bird, for while this indigenous Hawaii species spends its days fishing far out to sea, on Oahu it is exclusively a city dweller, returning at night to precarious nests balanced on urban trees, building ledges and balconies. Read more
Mesmerizing shots of schooling, white-silver ‘anaeholo, traveling mullet, fill the opening scenes of “Kai Piha: Na Loko I‘a (Full Tide: Fishponds),” Ann Marie Kirk’s beautiful new documentary about four Hawaiian fishponds on Oahu where mullet were raised. Read more
Kokua Learning Farm in Haleiwa town recently debuted Hawaii’s first solar-powered electric tractor, which definitely makes it easier being green, according to Jack Johnson, the musician and co-founder, with his wife, Kim, of the Kokua Hawaii Foundation, which launched the farm and community center in December 2019. Read more
The departure last month of Allison Wong from the Honolulu Museum of Art, where she was deputy director for operations and administration, follows a rash of rapid top-management changes at the 90-year-plus cultural lodestar, which received an infusion of youthful energy and fiscal stability during the five-year tenure of director Stephan Jost, who left in 2016 to lead the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. Read more
