Landmark· Hawaii (Big Island)· Hawaii
Keahole Point
19° 43.7′ N · 156° 3.7′ W
The western tip of the Big Island beside Kona International Airport, a low black-lava point where the north-setting current meets the trades and kicks up rips; deep ocean water pumped ashore here feeds the NELHA research park.
Practical
Coordinate is Keahole Point Light as given in the Coast Pilot (19-43.67N 156-03.67W, 43 ft, post with black and white diamond dayboard). Coast Pilot (October 2026): a berth of 0.5 mile clears the point in deep water; small tide rips are frequent near the point and 2 miles north the rips are violent when the northeast trades are strong. Do not anchor within 1 mile offshore, or within 500 yards north and 1,000 yards south of the point, because of submerged pipelines. The airport control-tower aerobeacon is more prominent at night than the light. A cluster of Malama Kai day-use dive moorings (Garden Eels, Keahole Sand Chute, Wash Rock, Pipe Dreams) lies just north and east of the point.
Best for
Turning mark between Kailua and the Kohala coast
Nearby
- Garden Eel Cove and Keahole Dive Moorings0.7 NM away
- Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport (KOA)1.1 NM away
- North Kona Reef Dive Moorings (Kaloko to Touch of Grey)1.6 NM away
- Mahai'ula Beach (Kekaha Kai State Park)3.5 NM away
- Costco Kona3.6 NM away
- Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park3.7 NM away
- Kaloko-Honokohau Trails (Ala Mauka Makai and Coastal Trail)3.7 NM away
- Kona Blackwater Night Dive (Pelagic Magic)3.7 NM away