Waikīkī

Oʿahu Fisheries, Waikīkī Section (1909) 


Materials for July 14, 2023 Informational Briefing to the Board of Land and Natural Resource (BLNR)


Previous Conservation District Use Permits for Waikīkī

  • 1973: CDUP 0450 for “Beach restoration work” by the US Army Corps of Engineers.  Location: Kapahulu Storm Drain to Elks Club
  • 1973: CDUP 0467 for “Extension of ʿEwa groin, redistribution of sand” by the Division of Land Management & Harbors Division.  Location:   Kūhiō Beach
  • 1974: CDUP 0530 for “Shore protection and restoration” by the Division of Land Management & Harbors Division.  Location:   Kūhiō Beach
  • 1978: CDUP 1073  for “Government facility use” (storm drain) by the US Army Corps of Engineers.  Location:   Fort DeRussy
  • 1983: CDUP 1477 for “Kalia Road relief drain project” by the C&C Department of Public Works.  Location:   Kalia Road
  • 2013: CDUP 2013 for “Repair of seawall” by the C&C Department of Parks and Recreation.  Location:   Queen Kapiʿolani Park
  • 1997: CDUP 2794 for “Hilton Lagoon project” by the Hilton Hawaiian Village.  Location:   Duke Kahanamoku Lagoon
  • 1998: CDUP 2874 for “Construction of two groins” by the C&C Building Department.  Location:   Natatorium
  • 1999: CDUP 2929 for “Kuhio Beach Improvements” by the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation. Location: Kuhio Beach.
  • 2000: CDUP OA-2929B: Transfer of Kūhiō Beach Improvement Project from the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation to the Land Division  
  • 2006: CDUP 3297 for “Duke Kahanamoku Lagoon restoration project” by the Hilton Hawaiian Village.  Location:   Duke Kahanamoku Lagoon
  • 2010: CDUP 3558 for “Waikiki Beach Maintenance Project” by the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands.  Phase II completed in 2021. Location:     Waikīkī Beach
  • 2017: CDUP 3784 for “Royal Hawaiian Groin improvement project” by the Department of Land and Natural Resources.  Location:   Royal Hawaiian Groin
  • 2019: Small Scale Beach Nourishment (SSBN) OA-19-04 for “Kūhiō Beach stub groin and sand backpassing” by the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands.  Location: Kūhiō Beach.
  • 2021: CDUP 3867 for “Waikiki seawall mitigative improvement project” by the C&C Department of Design and Construction.  Location:   Queen’s Surf Beach
  • 2024: Final EIS for the Waikiki Beach Improvement and Maintenance Program (DBEDT)

 

 


Resources

Report to the 29th Legislature on the Progress on the Resolution of Conflicts Under the 1965 SurfRider-Royal Hawaiian Sector Beach Agreement (2016)

Waikiki Beach Self-Monitoring Measure

Waikīkī: Historical Analysis of an Engineered Shoreline (Miller and Fletcher, Journal of Coastal Research, 2003)
Waikīkī: History of its transformation form a natural to an urban shore (Wiegel, Shore & Beach, 2008)
A Review of Innovative Sediment Delivery Systems (US Army Corps of Engineers, September 2012)