Harbour

Waikiki Yacht Club

Name: Waikiki Yacht Club
Address: Honolulu, US
Telephone: +1(808)955-4405

5.0Honolulu, United States

Type: Harbour

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

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Enter Ala Wai Harbor through the dredged channel cut for the Ala Wai Canal, behind the 1,460-foot breakwater built in 1967. Reciprocal access for visiting members of affiliated clubs.

Practical

Clubhouse with restaurant, bar, pool and gym for members and reciprocal guests. The wider Ala Wai Boat Harbor is the largest state-run small-boat harbour in Hawaii. Hawaii Yacht Club lies 0.1 nm south-west on the same harbour.

Ashore

Ala Moana Beach Park and Magic Island fronts the harbour to the east. Ala Moana Center shopping mall sits 600 m north. Waikiki Beach starts about 1 km east along Ala Moana Boulevard.

History

Founded in 1944 by 37 charter members from the closed Pearl Harbor Yacht Club, after wartime restrictions blocked civilian access to Pearl Harbor. Founding board included swimmer Duke Kahanamoku. Clubhouse built in two phases in 1953 and 1967.