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Kikiaola Small Boat Harbor

Boat ramp · on Kikiaola Boat Harbor · near Waimea · 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
Restrooms
Yes
Tidal
Yes
Managed by
Hawaii DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation
Coordinates
21.95910, -159.69139

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Honolulu District; the one nearest this launch is of May 14, 2026). Not for navigation.

Boating rules

  • Non-designated Ocean Recreation Management Areas prohibit the commercial use of controlled ocean sports. In these areas off the islands of Kauai, Oahu, Maui, and Hawaii, recreational (i.e. non-commercial) thrill craft may operate in State waters only from 500 feet from the shore line (or outer edge of a fringing reef). Commercial or recreational use of controlled ocean sports equipment is prohibited around the islands of Lanai and Molokai. Similar rules are pending for Kahoolawe. There are no ingress/egress corridors established in non-designated Ocean Recreation Management Areas. Thus, motorized commercial vessels may not land and/or pick up passengers in these locations. · all of Kikiaola Boat Harbor rule

From the boating rules map of Hawaii DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation; Hawaii Statewide GIS Program, read October 19, 2026. A map of rules is a guide: the regulation's text and the posted signs govern.

Conditions

Marine advisories

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

National Weather Service marine zone PHZ112, Kauai Leeward Waters. Zone forecast: winds, seas, warnings.

Tides

Predicted highs and lows at NOAA's Waimea Bay station, 1.2 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 3:20 am 0.6 ft · High 11:25 am 1.5 ft · Low 7:11 pm 0.4 ft
Tue Oct 20 High 12:30 am 0.8 ft · Low 5:08 am 0.6 ft · High 12:08 pm 1.5 ft · Low 7:20 pm 0.4 ft
Wed Oct 21 High 1:03 am 0.9 ft · Low 6:18 am 0.6 ft · High 12:44 pm 1.5 ft · Low 7:33 pm 0.3 ft
Thu Oct 22 High 1:35 am 1.2 ft · Low 7:15 am 0.5 ft · High 1:15 pm 1.4 ft · Low 7:50 pm 0.2 ft
Fri Oct 23 High 2:09 am 1.4 ft · Low 8:07 am 0.5 ft · High 1:46 pm 1.3 ft · Low 8:09 pm 0.1 ft
Sat Oct 24 High 2:45 am 1.6 ft · Low 9:00 am 0.5 ft · High 2:16 pm 1.2 ft · Low 8:32 pm 0.0 ft
Sun Oct 25 High 3:23 am 1.8 ft · Low 9:53 am 0.5 ft · High 2:47 pm 1.1 ft · Low 8:58 pm -0.1 ft

Channel survey

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

  • Kikiaola Small Boat Harbor
    Condition survey of May 14, 2026 by the Honolulu District. Least depth in the channel: 2.4 ft; project depth 7 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.

On Kikiaola Boat Harbor

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Community

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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.