Lanai island (Hawaii)

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Lanai island, also known as "Pineapple island" because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation.

The island's only settlement of note is the small town of Lānaʻi City.

As of 2012, the island was 98% owned by Larry Ellison (Founder and Chairman of Oracle), with the remaining 2% owned by the state of Hawaii.

It is separated from the island of Molokaʻi by the Kalohi Channel to the north, and from Maui by the ʻAuʻau Channel to the east.

There is one school, Lanai High and Elementary School, serving the entire island from kindergarten through 12th grade. There are no traffic lights on the island.

Lanai has a few small indentations that might offer a limited bit of protection as anchorages in calm conditions.

11/12/2015

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Kaumalapau Harbor (Lanai Hawaii)

Located on the southwestern coast, Kaumalapau is the main commercial seaport for Lanai.
The original harbor breakwater located here was built in 1920’s but was severely damaged by hurricanes. A new breakwater was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and was dedicated on ...

10 Dec 15

Manele small boat harbor (Lanai Hawaii)

Manele Harbor, located on Lanai’s south shore, has the only public boat harbor on the island. Visitors who take the ferry from Lahaina on neighboring Maui arrive here (five times daily), as well as a few fishing and snorkeling tour boats. Manele Harbor’s activity is limited ...

11 Dec 15

Lahaina bay (Maui Hawaii)

There is a marina here but you can forget it. It is always super packed and all but impossible to get a “slip”. Just go past the marina and harbor entrance and find an open mooring buoy with LYC painted on it. In 2010, these buoys were white and there were 7 of them. Most of them ...

11 Dec 15

Kaunakakai harbor (Molokai Hawaii)

Kaunakakai is a small town with a small harbor fisheriy management area, on the south shore of the island of Moloka'i.
It provides a good protected anchorage from all but the worst kona storms.The harbor was dynamited out of the solid coral.’ Anchor past the commercial barge ...

10 Dec 15

N Okala island (Molokai Hawaii)

North Molokai island, between Kahiu point and Kukaiwaa point, there are two small islands (Mokapu and Okala), really just giant rocks, eastern-most Mokapu and next to the black sand beach Okala.Leave the islands on the port side and anchor in 25 feet, black sand bottom. You ...

10 Dec 15

Pukoo harbor (Molokai Hawaii)

On the south east coast of Molokai, this little harbour is worth the effort of negotiating the entrance through the reef.Most of the inner harbour is a private facility, but the three areas in the outer harbour all offer safe anchorages. There is a dinghy landing near the palm trees ...

10 Dec 15

Kalaupapa bay (Molokai Hawai)

This anchorage is supposed to be vile and generally lived up to its reputation. It does, however, make a nice stop between Honolua Bay and Oahu, but the wind blew harder in the anchorage than out at sea.

10 Dec 15

Honolua bay (Maui Hawaii)

Wonderfull anchorage, great snorkeling.
Get there early before the tour catamarans arrive and be careful not to anchor on the coral; big fines if you damage.
The bay has two bights. You can only anchor in the eastern.
This is a great snorkeling spot ( by mid-morning you will ...

11 Dec 15

Maalaea harbor (Maui Hawaii)

Maalaea Harbor,is conveniently located between the Kahului Airport and Lahaina Ka'anapali.Phone: (808) 243-5824
Fax: (808) 243-5829
89 Berths/Moorings

11 Dec 15

Kahului harbor (Maui Hawaii)

Kahului Harbor is located near the Kahului Airport and Kahului which is the islands largest town and has lots of shopping and restaurants nearby.Kahului Harbor is primarily a commercial harbor and port for Hawaii's many cruiseships such as Carnival and Norwegian Cruise Lines.
Phone: ...

12 Dec 15

Kihei Charly Young Beach (Maui Hawaii)

A little rolly and tricky to land at beach.
Good holding ground - big Sand patch for many boats.
Don't anchor where coral are. Stay away if: You want the boat don't move at all You can't handle shorebreak Don't like people paddle around your boat.

11 Dec 15

Lono Harbor (Moloka'i Hawaii)

A small harbor on the south coast of Moloka'i. Approx 13 mi west of Kaunakakai and 3.5 mi east of Laau Point. Lono Harbor was once used for commercial barge traffic, but is no longer in commercial service. It provides well a protected anchorage for a few boats. Anchor to the east ...

10 Dec 15

Local Area

Hawaii

Hawaii is one of the most isolated group of islands in the world. It's a long way to Hawaii from mainland USA with nothing but open sea between. Winter storms can bring about rough seas and cyclones are a threat in late summer.
Fully serviced marinas are at Honolulu and KoOlina ...

4 Dec 15

NE Pacific Ocean

WindsWinds and currents in the Pacific flow predominantly from East to West. Above the equator Pacific Ocean trade winds blow from the northeast. Below the equator they blow from the southeast. By taking advantage of the different (north and south) directions of the east-flowing winds, ...

25 Oct 17

Molokai island (Hawaii)

Molokai, often called the "Friendly Island", is an island in the Hawaiian archipelago.
It is 38 by 10 miles (61 by 16 km) in size at its extreme length and width with a usable land area of 260 square miles (673.40 km2), making it the fifth-largest of the main Hawaiian ...

10 Dec 15

Kaho'olawe island reserve (Hawaii)

Kahoolawe is the smallest of the eight main volcanic islands in the Hawaiian islands. It is located about 7 miles southwest of Maui and also SE of Lanai.
Today Kahoolawe can be used only for native hawaiian cultural, spiritual and subsistence purposes. It has no permanent residents.In ...

12 Dec 15

Maui island (Hawaii)

Maui, also known as the" Valley isle", for the large isthmus between its northwestern and southeastern volcanoes and the numerous large valleys carved into both mountains.

It has 120 miles of coastline for you to surf, snorkel, walk, ride, windsurf--you get the idea. And they ...

11 Dec 15

Oahu island (Hawaii)

Oahu, known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the hawaiian islands, however, it is home to about two-third of the population of the US state of Hawaii, and is the home of Honolulu international airport.The state capital, Honolulu, is on Oahu's southeast coast. Including ...

6 Dec 15

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