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Kawaihae Boat Launch

Boat ramp · on Kawaihae Bay · near Kawaihae · 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
1
Tidal
Yes
Managed by
Hawaii DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation
Coordinates
20.03956, -155.83177

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Honolulu District; the one nearest this launch is of April 22, 2022). Not for navigation.

Conditions

Marine advisories

Advisories in effect load here; without them, see the NWS zone forecast below.

National Weather Service marine zone PHZ123, Big Island Leeward Waters. Zone forecast: winds, seas, warnings.

Tides

Predicted highs and lows at NOAA's Kawaihae station, 0.2 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, Mon Oct 19 to Sun Oct 25
Mon Oct 19 Low 3:30 am 0.7 ft · High 11:16 am 1.9 ft · Low 6:52 pm 0.4 ft
Tue Oct 20 High 12:40 am 1.0 ft · Low 5:11 am 0.7 ft · High 12:06 pm 1.9 ft · Low 7:12 pm 0.3 ft
Wed Oct 21 High 1:15 am 1.3 ft · Low 6:24 am 0.6 ft · High 12:48 pm 1.9 ft · Low 7:31 pm 0.2 ft
Thu Oct 22 High 1:47 am 1.5 ft · Low 7:22 am 0.6 ft · High 1:26 pm 1.9 ft · Low 7:52 pm 0.1 ft
Fri Oct 23 High 2:19 am 1.8 ft · Low 8:15 am 0.5 ft · High 2:03 pm 1.8 ft · Low 8:15 pm 0.0 ft
Sat Oct 24 High 2:53 am 2.1 ft · Low 9:06 am 0.4 ft · High 2:39 pm 1.6 ft · Low 8:40 pm -0.1 ft
Sun Oct 25 High 3:29 am 2.4 ft · Low 9:58 am 0.3 ft · High 3:17 pm 1.5 ft · Low 9:08 pm -0.1 ft

Channel survey

The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.

  • Kawaihae Deep Draft Harbor
    Condition survey of April 22, 2022 by the Honolulu District. Least depth in the channel: 23.4 ft; project depth 40 ft. Survey sheet (PDF)

US Army Corps of Engineers hydrographic surveys, from eHydro. A survey shows the bottom on the day it was made; channels shoal after high water and change with dredging. Not for navigation.

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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.