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Summer Solstice Meet & Greet 2025
Technically the solstice was the day before, but we planned our Summer Solstice Celebration on a Saturday so that the working folks could attend. We didn’t think a one second shorter day would matter to anyone.Unfortunately, that day coincided with a couple of large family events that brought hundreds of people to the park. The picnic…
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Our Paddling Adventure from Haleʻiwa Beach Park to Runway Beach
I recently joined Hui Waʻa Kaukahi and I’m loving ocean kayaking! The club’s welcoming atmosphere has made me feel right at home. On Sunday June 1st, we embarked on an 8-mile paddle from Hale’iwa Beach Park to Runway Beach, typically a tailwind-friendly route (so I was told 😉 However, the wind decided to play tricks on…
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Tracks to Pokai 2025
As I watched over seven kayaks waiting for their owners to return from the carpool to Pōkaʻī Bay I kept scanning the ocean for naiʻa, Hawaiian spinner dolphin, that frequent the leeward coast. I saw some splashes near the Kahe power plant discharge outlet and noticed that a tour boat stopped short of the outlet so…
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Circling Oʻahu
When I arrived in Hawaii in October, 2013 and joined Hui Wa’a Kaukahi I was new to kayaking and had only paddled a few times on lakes, a bay or a calm river. In my wildest imagination, I would never have considered paddling around the entire island!
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Mokulēʻia to Kaʻena Point — Stan’s Quest Fulfilled!
For a while now, Stan Dalbec has championed the idea of a round-trip paddle from Mokulēʻia to Kaʻena Point, to notch this stretch of the coastline in an O’ahu circumnavigation without the hassle of a car pool. Though Stan had tackled this route on his own before, the stars (and surf) never quite aligned for an…
Nui a lehulehu na mokupuni, ʻaʻole lawa ka manawa
So many islands, so little time!
Stories from our adventures…
“What we most regret are not the errors we make, but the things we didnt do.”
Audrey Sutherland
