Hanamaulu Bay

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[Draft: Anchorage: 9.4m~10.7m/31’~35’; Channel: 9.4m~10.7m/31’~35’; @Berth: 7.9m~9.1m/26’~30’] [Tide: 0.3m/1’]

Hanamā‘ulu Bay, 10 miles S of Kahala Point and 2.6 miles N of Nāwiliwili, is about 0.3 mile wide and indents the coast about 0.5 mile. Ahukini Landing is on the point on the S side of the entrance. Only the outer third of the bay has deep water; the sand and coral bottom slopes gradually from the 18-foot curve to the beach at the head of the bay. The shores of the bay are low, rocky bluffs, about 40 feet high, except for the white sand beach at the head. A fringe of trees on the bluffs forms a windbreak for the extensive cane fields on either side of the bay. Hanamā‘ulu Stream, which empties into the head of the bay, is not navigable. (1044) The 20-foot concrete tower of an abandoned
lighthouse is on the outer end of the 300-foot stone breakwater that projects from the S point of Hanamā‘ulu Bay entrance; the pilings and ruins of a small wooden pier are at the inner end of the breakwater. The bay is no longer used by large vessels. Only the concrete piling remains of the former wharf at Ahukini Landing, and most of the port installations are in ruins. A heavy outside swell causes a heavy surge in the harbor. [www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot/files/cp7/CP...]

Hydrographic charts can be found at:
www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/19384.shtml
geographic.org/nautical_charts/40_hawaiian_islands_and_...
www.nauticalchartsonline.com/chart/zoom?chart=1938
www.oceangrafix.com/chart/detail/19384-Hanamaulu-Bay-Is...