Anchorage· Molokai· Hawaii
Halawa Bay Anchorage
21° 9.8′ N · 156° 43.8′ W
The wide bay at the end of the road on Molokai's East End, framed by Lamaloa Head and Cape Halawa, with the green mouth of Halawa Valley and its waterfalls behind a pair of sandy coves.
Practical
Coast Pilot 10: about 1.5 miles wide and 0.7 mile deep, it affords no shelter from the trades, but indifferent anchorage can be found in about 5 fathoms roughly 0.3 mile from the head; two black rocks lie close to the south shore. A day or settled-weather stop only: the bay faces northeast into the trade-wind sea and winter north swell. Cape Halawa should be given a berth of about 1.5 miles in a heavy east sea; breakers extend 300 yards off the cape with a rock 250 yards out. Land by dinghy only when the shorebreak is small (Go Hawaii warns against the beach in high surf, especially October to March). Halawa Beach Park has restrooms and pavilions but no drinking water.
Best for
A calm-day lunch stop and the sea approach to Halawa Valley
Season
Only in light trades or calms, typically summer; untenable in north or east swell