MW Site Programs

The State Makai Watch Site Programs 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.

HAʻENA/ KEAʻAU

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

Community Group: W.H. Shipman

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

NMAOKH MW Brochure

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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 Ka Malanai community members meeting.

Community Group: Manu ʻIwa ʻO Ka Malanai

Kailua Canoe Club stewards

Fish Pono

MAUNALUA BAY

Mālama Maunalua “Eat the Invaders” Fishing Tournament.

Community Group: Mālama Maunalua

Maunalua Bay Fisheries Management Area (FMA)

 Kauaʻi

HĀʻENA

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)

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

HANALEI

Community Group: Hanalei Watershed Hui

Community Coordinators’ Gatherings

2025 Kīholo, Hawaiʻi

2026 Honolua, Maui