MW Sites

The State Makai Watch Program sites are located on 4 of the 8 main Hawaiian Islands. To learn more about a specific Makai Watch communities click on the picture above to be taken to the Makai Watch Interactive Map or read about them below.

Hawaiʻi Island

HOʻOKENA

Community Group: Kauhako Ohana Association

HONAUNAU

KAʻŪPŪLEHU, KŪKIʻO, KALAEMANŌ

Community Group: Ka`upulehu Marine Life Advisory Committee (KMLAC)
Nature Conservancy on Ka’upulehu

KĪHOLO

Photo credit: Nancy Erger

Community Group: Hui Aloha Kīholo

Kīholo Bay Fisheries Management Area (FMA)

MILOLIʻI

Miloliʻi community members at the signing of their CBSFA by Governor Ige in 2022.

Miloliʻi community members gather for a Makai Watch training on February 1, 2025.

Community Group: Kalanihale

Miloliʻi CBSFA and Makai Watch App

Miloliʻi Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area (CBSFA)

South Kona (Miloliʻi)

HAʻENA/ KEAʻAU

Community members host clean-up efforts at Haʻena Puna Trail on July 12, 2025.

Community Group: W.H. Shipman

KEALAKEKUA, NĀPŌʻOPOʻO

Community Group: Hoʻāla Kealakekua Nui

Makai Watch App

Kealakekua Bay Marine Life Conservation District (MLCD)

PUAKŌ

Puakō Bay and Puakō Reef

 

Maui

KĪPAHULU

Kīpahulu ʻOhana community members and DLNR staff at Makai Watch training on August 5th, 2023.

Community Group: Kīpahulu ‘Ohana

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Kīpahulu Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area (CBSFA)

KEʻANAE

Nā Moku ʻAupuni ʻo Koʻolau Hui community members and DLNR staff at training on November 25, 2023.

Community Group: Nā Moku Aupuni ʻo Koʻolau Hui

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HONOLUA-MOKULĒʻIA

Makai Watch team members providing education on Honolua-Mokulēʻia Bay MLCD rules.

Community Group: Save Honolua Coalition

Honolua Bay Marine Life Conservation District (MLCD)

HĀNA

Community Group: Ke Ao Hāliʻi

MŪʻOLEA

Community Group: Nā Mamo O Mūʻolea

Lānaʻi

MĀNELE-HULOPOʻE

Community Group: Hui Waʻa O Lānaʻi

Mānele-Hulopoʻe Marine Life Conservation District (MLCD)

Mānele Harbor

 

Oʻahu

PŪPŪKEA-WAIMEA

MPW and Makai Watch Collaboration to monitor Pūpūkea Marine Life Conservation District (MLCD).

Community Group: Malama Pūpūkea-Waimea

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Pūpūkea Marine Life Conservation District (MLCD)

KĀNEʻOHE TO KUALOA

Kāneʻohe to Kualoa Makai Watch members at Makai Watch training.

Community Group: Kāneʻohe to Kualoa Makai Watch

Heʻeia Kea Wharf 

KAILUA TO KAʻŌHAO

Manu Iwa O Malanui community members meeting.

Community Group: Manu Iwa O Malanai

Kailua Canoe Club stewards

Fish Pono

MAUNALUA BAY

Mālama Maunalua “Eat the Invaders” Fishing Tournament on March 1st, 2026.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Community Group: Mālama Maunalua

Maunalua Bay Fisheries Management Area (FMA)

Kauaʻi

HĀʻENA

Makai Watch training with community members from Hui Makaʻāinana o Makana and Hanalei Watershed Hui on June 24, 2025.

Community Group: Hui Maka’ainana O Makana 

The Transformation of Hāʻena State Park: A case study on how to manage a visitor hotspot

Hāʻena Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area (CBSFA)

HANALEI

Community Group: Hanalei Watershed Hui

2025 Community Coordinator’s Gathering

In April 2025, community coordinators from across the state gathered in Kīholo to share manaʻo and cultivate relationships.