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Manele Small Boat Harbor

Boat ramp · on Manele Bay · near Lānaʻi City · 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
20.74147, -156.88798

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Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Honolulu District; the one nearest this launch is of May 5, 2021). Not for navigation.

Boating rules

  • Thrill craft operation shall be prohibited in state waters surrounding the islands of Kahoolawe, Lanai, Molokai and Niihau. In all other non-designated ocean recreation management areas of state waters, recreational thrill craft may operate seaward of five hundred feet from the shoreline or the outer edge of the fringing reef whichever is greater. · all of Manele Bay rule
  • It shall be unlawful for any person to operate, anchor or moor a vessel in such manner as will injure, damage or destroy any marine life or geological feature or specimen within the Manele-Hulopoe marine life conservation district. · zone at Mānele-Hulopo‘e Marine Life Conservation District: Zone B, at or next to this launch 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 PHZ118, Maui County Leeward Waters. Zone forecast: winds, seas, warnings.

Tides

Predicted highs and lows at NOAA's Kaumalapau, Lanai Island station, 7.7 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 High 12:03 am 1.0 ft · Low 3:57 am 0.6 ft · High 11:28 am 2.0 ft · Low 6:48 pm 0.3 ft
Tue Oct 20 High 12:41 am 1.1 ft · Low 5:20 am 0.6 ft · High 12:12 pm 2.0 ft · Low 7:10 pm 0.2 ft
Wed Oct 21 High 1:14 am 1.4 ft · Low 6:25 am 0.6 ft · High 12:50 pm 2.0 ft · Low 7:31 pm 0.2 ft
Thu Oct 22 High 1:46 am 1.6 ft · Low 7:21 am 0.5 ft · High 1:26 pm 1.9 ft · Low 7:53 pm 0.1 ft
Fri Oct 23 High 2:18 am 1.9 ft · Low 8:15 am 0.5 ft · High 2:00 pm 1.8 ft · Low 8:15 pm 0.0 ft
Sat Oct 24 High 2:53 am 2.1 ft · Low 9:08 am 0.4 ft · High 2:35 pm 1.6 ft · Low 8:39 pm 0.0 ft
Sun Oct 25 High 3:30 am 2.4 ft · Low 10:03 am 0.4 ft · High 3:11 pm 1.5 ft · Low 9:05 pm -0.1 ft

Channel survey

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

  • Manele Small Boat Harbor
    Condition survey of May 5, 2021 by the Honolulu District. Least depth in the channel: 5.7 ft below mean lower low water (MLLW); project depth 8 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 Manele Bay

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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.