Hawaii / Kane'ohe Bay /

Heeia Kea Small Boat Harbor

Boat ramp · on Kane'ohe Bay · near Kāneʻohe · Hawaii

Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.

At the launch

Type
Boat ramp
Ramp lanes
3
Restrooms
Yes
Tidal
Yes
Managed by
Hawaii DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation
Coordinates
21.44283, -157.81020

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Boating rules

  • There shall be no walking, sitting, standing, or anchoring on live coral or otherwise damaging the reef within Kaneohe Bay ocean waters. In addition to speed restrictions found in section 13-244-9, slow-no-wake restrictions shall apply in Kaneohe Bay offshore mooring areas, Kaneohe Bay ocean waters zones D, E, F, and I, Kualoa waters zone B, and anywhere within the Kaneohe Bay when a vessel is within two hundred feet of Kapapa Island and the Central Reef shallows defined as areas having a depth of less than or equal to five feet mean lower low water, including the area of Ahu O Laka Island, (“The Sand Bar”). No increase in the level of commercial ocean use activities existing on July 1, 1993 will be permitted within Kaneohe Bay waters. Activities conducted by a bona-fide educational institution or an organization which is registered with the State and classified by the Internal Revenue Service as a not-for-profit (section 501(c)(3)) organization shall not be subject to the restrictions of subsection (p), but shall operate only in accordance with a permit issued by the department pursuant to chapter 13-231 or chapter 13-256 or both. Anchoring or mooring on living coral is prohibited. All sea walker activity shall be done on a flat sandy bottom, not on sea grass beds. All underwater activity, including but not limited to SCUBA, snorkeling, and sea-walker, shall prohibit participants from touching coral and/or living parts of a reef. All commercial ocean use activities in Kaneohe Bay ocean waters are prohibited on Sundays and federal holidays. · all of Kane'ohe Bay rule

From the boating rules map of Hawaii DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation; Hawaii Statewide GIS Program, read October 18, 2026. A map of rules is a guide: the regulation's text and the posted signs govern.

Conditions

Tides

Predicted highs and lows at NOAA's MOKU O LOE station, 1.5 mi from this launch, in local time above MLLW. Predictions, not observations: wind and weather move the real tide. Full predictions at NOAA.

Tide predictions, Sun Oct 18 to Sat Oct 24
Sun Oct 18 High 10:16 am 2.0 ft
Mon Oct 19 Low 2:11 am 0.7 ft · High 10:57 am 2.0 ft · Low 6:40 pm 0.8 ft · High 11:08 pm 1.0 ft
Tue Oct 20 Low 3:59 am 0.7 ft · High 11:25 am 2.1 ft · Low 6:24 pm 0.7 ft · High 11:46 pm 1.3 ft
Wed Oct 21 Low 5:01 am 0.7 ft · High 11:47 am 2.1 ft · Low 6:27 pm 0.5 ft
Thu Oct 22 High 12:20 am 1.5 ft · Low 5:49 am 0.7 ft · High 12:07 pm 2.1 ft · Low 6:38 pm 0.3 ft
Fri Oct 23 High 12:56 am 1.8 ft · Low 6:33 am 0.7 ft · High 12:27 pm 2.0 ft · Low 6:54 pm 0.1 ft
Sat Oct 24 High 1:33 am 2.1 ft · Low 7:18 am 0.8 ft · High 12:47 pm 1.9 ft · Low 7:16 pm -0.1 ft

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Sources

Why it is listed as public: listed by Hawaii Small Boat Harbors and Boat Ramps (DLNR DOBOR, 1994). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.