Hui Waʻa Kaukahi Dev

Nui a lehulehu na mokupuni, ʻaʻole lawa ka manawa

So many islands, so little time!

Kayakers with raised paddles

This site is the official source for the Paddle & Event Schedule for the Hui Wa’a Kaukahi kayak club of Hawai’i. Founded in 1982, we are Hawaii’s oldest recreational kayak club.

Upcoming Events

Papio Kayak Fishing Tournament

The HWK Papio Fishing Tournament returns where the goal is to catch a big, but not too big fish. We reserved the small group campsite at Kualoa Regional Park for two days of kayak fishing. Don’t want to fish? That’s OK, club members are welcome to pitch their tents next to the fishermen for the weekend.

Turtletown Tour

While the fishermen try to reel in a big papio, non-fishing club members can take an EZ Glider roundtrip cruise to visit Turtletown in the patch reefs of Kaneohe Bay. A high concentration of honu inhabit these reefs and we hope to snorkel respectfully with them.

Double Roughwater Swim

The Waikiki Roughwater Swim Committee is requesting kayak volunteer help with escorting swimmers in the  2026 42nd Annual Hawaiian Looong Distance Invitational Rough-H2O Swim.

Mākua to Kaʻena & Back

This is a round trip paddle along the rugged leeward coast from Mākua Beach to Kaʻena Point and back. Probably too early for a humpback whale encounter, but maybe an early arrival will show up.

October Club Meeting

Our club meetings will now be quarterly on the second Wednesday every third month.

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Because of liability concerns, our paddles are for Hui and ACA members only. Non-members are however welcome to tag along as “guests” but they will be required to read and sign our Hui and ACA waivers, and pay a $10 ACA event membership fee, before they can go. The same is true for club members who are not ACA members. Guests can download the ACA adult waiver.

Stories

  • Mountain ridge from Keawaula to Makua
    Kaʻena Point Leeward Coast
    Kayaking from Mokulēʻia to Keawaʻula Bay around Kaʻena Point treats paddlers to vistas of a windswept mountain ridge, seabirds soaring above a protected coastal plain, waves crashing against a rocky shore and if you’re lucky sightings of large honu, a cruising pod of naiʻa, a curious ‘īlioholoikauaua (“Dog that runs in rough water”, Hawaiian monk seal) or, if you’re really lucky, a splashing koholā.
  • Outex and Pelican phone cases camera side
    Gear Review – Outex & Pelican Phone Cases
    Several of you asked me about my Outex phone case that has a big glass port for the camera. I’ve been using this case for a few months and in this review I’ll compare it with my previous case from Pelican.
  • Green sea turtle, head down, at the surface of the water
    Turtletown 2025
    Several paddlers had perfect weather for their trek to Turtletown on the last day of the fishing tournament campout. Some were campers and others came in for the day. Jled, our resident teenager joined the fray to ace his very first solo paddle. Leader Eileen Helmstetter was upbeat and prepared. There is no finer sight than kayaks of many colors against the backdrop of beautiful Kaneohe bay!
  • Kapapa Island as seen from the south
    Kapapa Island
    What paddler hasn’t gazed longingly at the many small islands surrounding the major islands and thought, “I’d love to paddle there — that route needs a kayak on it!”?

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