Best anchorages and harbours in Hawaii

Waikiki Yacht Club

Private yacht club inside Ala Wai Boat Harbor on the south shore of Oahu, Honolulu. About 150 member berths in front of the clubhouse.

Pokai Bay

Sand-bottom anchorage on the west coast of Oahu, Hawaii, beside Waianae Small Boat Harbor and sheltered by a jetty.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Hanalei Bay

Wide semicircular bay on the north shore of Kauai, Hawaii, with a sand and rock bottom and good holding.

• Sheltered NE, SW, S, SE

Hilo roadstead

Open roadstead anchorage in Hilo Bay, on the windward coast of the island of Hawaii, behind the long Hilo breakwater.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Hawaii Yacht Club

Private yacht club inside Ala Wai Boat Harbor at Honolulu, Oahu. Two-storey clubhouse on the south side of the basin.

Honokohau

State small boat harbour on the Kona coast of Hawaii Island, 4 km north of Kailua-Kona, with 262 berths and an outer basin.

Olowalu

Anchorage off Olowalu on the west coast of Maui, Hawaii, about 4 nm south of Lahaina. Sand and rock bottom, sheltered from NW through E.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Waikiki

Open roadstead off Waikiki Beach on the south shore of Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Kailua Bay

Open roadstead off Kailua-Kona, on the west coast of the island of Hawaii, with a sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Ala Wai Boat Harbor

Largest small-boat harbour in Hawaii, at the mouth of the Ala Wai Canal between Waikiki and Ala Moana on the south shore of Oahu, Honolulu.

Waikiki Beach

Open roadstead off Waikiki Beach on the south shore of Oahu, below Diamond Head, in Honolulu.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Lahaina Harbor

Small-boat harbour on the west coast of Maui, Hawaii, sheltered behind a breakwater facing the Auau Channel between Maui and Lanai.

Haleʻiwa Boat Harbor

State boat harbour on the North Shore of Oahu, in Waialua Bay at the mouth of the Anahulu River, Hawaii.

Kewalo Basin Harbor

Private harbour in the Kaka'ako district of Honolulu, between Ward Avenue and Ala Moana Park, home to the city's commercial fishing fleet and tourist charter boats.

Ko Olina

Deepwater marina on the leeward coast of Oahu at Kapolei, Hawaii, the only marina in the state built to take megayachts.

Reeds Bay

Small bay within Hilo Bay on Hawaii Island, set between Radio Bay and Wailoa Harbour along Banyan Drive.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE