Department of Land and Natural Resources

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR

DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Oct. 23, 2023

KAHALUʻU BAY OCEAN WATERS COMMERCIAL USE PERMIT LOTTERY

To view video please click on photo

(Kailua-Kona) – A lottery next month will be conducted to determine four applicants eligible to receive a Kahalu‘u Bay ocean waters commercial use permit for surf school operations. After the maximum number of permits is reached, the lottery will continue and remaining participants will be placed on a waitlist in the order of lottery selection, in case another applicant drops out.

The four permitted commercial operators in Zone A of the bay can have no more than four students in the water, regardless of the number of instructors in the ocean. Zone A is the only part of Kahalu‘u Bay where commercial surf instruction is allowed.

The DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR) will host the lottery on Friday, November 17, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. at the Old Kona Airport Events Pavilion at 75-5500 Kuakini Highway in Kailua-Kona.

Last November, the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) unanimously approved the revised amendments to Hawai‘i Administrative Rules for Kahalu’u Bay.

If you have questions, please contact the DOBOR Hawai‘i District Office at 808-327-3690.

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RESOURCES

(All images/video courtesy: DLNR)

HD video – Kahaluʻu Bay Surf Schools Media Clips, (Oct. 22, 2021):

https://vimeo.com/637645089

Photographs – Kahaluʻu Bay Surf Schools Media Clips, (Oct. 22, 2021):

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/8uc6kj1ro00knlso15ztn/h?rlkey=qp7vkb1holhir7v4m2tr14ykc&dl=0

For more information and instructions on the Kahaluʻu Bay Ocean Waters Commercial Use Permit Lottery:

https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/dobor/files/2023/10/231019-Kahaluu-Bay-Lottery-Instructions.pdf

Media Contact:

AJ McWhorter
Communications Specialist
Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources
[email protected]