Explore: Hawaii - General Info
Time Zone
UTC (-10)
Yachting Essentials
Electricity:
Power is only available at a few places: Port Allen, Barbers Point Harbour (Ko Olina) and Keehi Marine Center (Honolulu).
Water:
Toilets and showers(cold) are available in most harbors.
Docking:
DOBOR’s recreational boating facilities: https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/dobor/dobor-facilities/
Hawai’i Department of Transportation Harbor System: https://hidot.hawaii.gov/harbors/library/port-hawaii-handbook/
Haulout:
It is not possible to haul out in Ala Wai. Keehi Marine Center (Honolulu) on Oahu and Ko Olina (Barbers Point Harbour) offer haul outs, Keehi is reported to be cheaper. There is also haulout at the yard at Gentry’s Kona Marina on the Big Island
Opening Hours
Money
United States dollar (US$)
Communications
International dialing code for Hawaii is +808.
Transport
Related Businesses
Kahului Airport
Address: 1 Kahului Airport Road, HI 96732-2395, Kahului, Maui, Hawaii,
Diplomatic Missions
Foreign Embassies:
- British Embassy, Washington DC: +1 202 588 6500.
- Canadian Embassy, Washington DC: +1 202 682 1740.
- Australian Embassy, Washington DC: +1 202 797 3000.
- South African Embassy, Washington DC: +1 202 232 4400.
- Irish Embassy, Washington DC: +1 202 462 3939.
- New Zealand Embassy, Washington DC: +1 202 328 4800.
Related Businesses
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Address: Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Battle of Midway National Memorial, 1082, Makepono Street, Midway Atoll, US Minor Outlying Islands, Hawaii, 96819
Events
July
Vic-Maui International Yacht Race from Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada to Lahaina, Maui held every two years. http://www.vicmaui.org/
Emergencies
Emergencies – Police, Fire, Ambulance – Dial 911.
Publications
Hawaii: Charlie’s Charts of the Hawaiian Islands
A cruising guide with detailed sketch charts and information. Includes weather, piloting and routing considerations, customs, dangers, garbage disposal, and more. By Charles Wood updated by Margo Wood Publisher: CC 4th Edition ISBN 13: 9780968637074... Read More
Hawaii: Cruising Guide to the Hawaiian Islands
Bob and Carolyn Mehaffy spent over a year on their Hardin 45 ketch, Carricklee, researching all of the anchorages and harbors on all the inhabited Hawaiian Islands, including Midway atoll. The result is the Cruising Guide to the Hawaiian Islands, Second Edition. This updated and revised edition is a comprehensive... Read More
Indo-Pacific: Nudibranch & Sea Slug Identification
This second, updated and reorganized edition, includes 185 new species. Among other features, the new edition includes additional photographs, an identification key, and an up-to-date classification. This book illustrates 2,138 Indo-Pacific nudibranchs and sea slugs, including many undescribed species. By: Terrence Gosliner, Angel Valdes & David Behrens Publisher: New World Publications; 2nd edition... Read More
Pacific Crossing Guide
The Pacific Crossing Guide is a complete reference for anyone contemplating sailing the Pacific in their own boat. From ideal timing, suitable boats, routes, methods of communication, health and provisioning to seasonal weather, departure and arrival ports, facilities, likely costs and dangers, the comprehensiveness of this new edition will both... Read More
Pacific: All I wish I knew before setting sail
A beginners' guide for short and long-distance cruising in the digital age. The author shares his experience of crossing the Pacific Ocean in an inexpensive, good old boat and provides solid advice for each step along the way. Author Chris Rinke learned to sail on the river Danube in Austria and has... Read More
Pacific: Landfalls of Paradise (Cruising Guide to the Pacific Islands)
The fifth edition of this sailing standard includes updated charts and text reflecting changes in regulations and facilities for most countries and specific ports of entry. New appendices include procedures for entry to Australia, which are more exacting than most Pacific landfalls, and an extensive list of information sources: cruising... Read More
Polynesia: Sea People (The Puzzle of Polynesia)
This book is a thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there, and how we know. For the author, this mystery is personal: her Maori husband and their sons descend... Read More
Reeds 9-Language Handbook
The pocket dictionary is centered around clear, color, annotated diagrams, such as parts of the rig and engine, in each nautical subject area, and makes it very easy and convenient to translate between nine languages (English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Portuguese and Greek). The diagrams can easily be... Read More
Links
Hawaii Harbour contact Information
Covering all districts. Website also has online booking and payment.
Official List of Day Moorings for the Hawaiian Islands
Day Moorings Locations. These moorings are limited to day use only and to only 2.5 hours if busy.
The Hawaii Compendium
SV Soggy Paws Hawaiian Guide A Compilation of Guidebook References and Cruising Reports put together by SV Soggy Paws. Last updated 2014, including updates from cruisers who have used it. Lots of good information if planning on cruising Hawaii and many other notes for other Pacific cruising areas on the site too.
Free online cruising guide to the Hawaiian Islands (2017)
Includes URL links to the state regulations that affect many of the anchorages, as well as links to 360° videos of the majority of anchorages. Each of the descriptions of the 37 anchorages includes an aerial photo, with the important features identified, and local knowledge imparted.