Hui Waʻa Kaukahi

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

Magic Island to Kaimana and Back with lunch in Waikiki

We play tourist today with a fun cruise across world famous Waikiki Beach. Bring your snorkels as we hope to stop at Turtle Canyon to find out why all the tour boats stop there. On our return leg, we’ll pull up on the beach in front of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel and have lunch at the beachfront Mai Tai Bar.

Hauʻula to Mālaekahana

This medium length paddle can be challenging because of potential large trade swells. If conditions allow you can get up close to several islets between Lai‘e Point and Mālaekahana.

Summer Solstice Celebration Meet & Greet

We’ll celebrate the summer solstice with a roundtrip EZ Glider paddle from Haleʻiwa Beach Park. Our route will be determined by the conditions that day. After the paddle we’ll enjoy a potluck BBQ picnic dinner as we await an awesome sunset to end the longest day of the year.

The Big Kahuna

A long paddle for experienced kayakers from Kaimalino to He’eia Kea with a stop at the Moku Manu cave

July Club Meeting

Our club meetings will now be quarterly on the second Wednesday every third month. Meeting Leader: Meeting Location: Paki Hale at Kapiolani Park. 3840 Paki Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815.

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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

  • Base of the Haleiwa War Memorial in foreground with the harbor in the background
    Haleʻiwa to Runway Beach 2026
    On the way to the North Shore we had a uh-oh moment when the rain started pouring down. Being the fearless paddlers we are, we kept going. Luckily, when we reached Haleiwa Beach Park it was a gorgeous island day.
  • Mokulua Nui islet from an approaching kayak
    Makai Range to Kailua 2026
    What a glorious day at Makai Pier—one of those “this is going to be amazing” mornings that slowly turns into “this is going to be a story we tell forever… because we survived it.”
  • Mokulua Nui to the left of a kakak surfer riding a wave
    The Super Mokulua Island Surf Clinic
    I leaned into the wave, I hulied, this time my foot was caught in the foot strap and I could not pull it out, then came the third wave and I thought there goes the ankle as the Strike started to roll.
  • Hui Wa'a Kaukahi club flag
    February 2026 Paddles
    February started off fine with nice weather for the year’s first Meet & Greet at Magic Island and ended with great conditions for Weed Out the Wimps. Strong winds and heavy downpours canceled the middle of the month paddles, however.

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