#Kaiwi Channel

Registration is now open for the 2026 Moloka’i Channel World Championships, drawing over 1,000 elite paddlers from around the globe for two iconic 41-mile inter-island races — Nā Wāhine O Ke Kai on Sept. 27 and the Moloka’i Hoe on Oct. 11.

As the new year’s first daylight reaches the islands, participants experience protocol and sound that reflect Hawaiʻi’s deep cultural roots. It reminds us that this landscape is not just scenery, it is a living place that carries kuleana, our collective responsibility to care for it.

The Oʻahu Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association, organizer of two of the world’s most famous and challenging outrigger canoe events, has made a $10,000 donation to the Friends of Molokaʻi High and Middle Schools Foundation. The association presents the annual Nā Wahine O Ke Kai and Molokaʻi Ho’e races, which feature more than 2,000 canoe paddlers from around the globe competing in the 41-mile race across the Kaiwi […]

The Oʻahu Canoe Racing Association announces the 73rd crossing of the Kaiwi Channel, where more than 110 crews battle in the Molokaʻi Hoe World Championship canoe races, presented by the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority.

The Coast Guard heard two mayday calls at 5:40 a.m. coming from a man stating his boat was taking on water offshore of ʻĪlio Point, Molokaʻi.

A magnitude-3.5 earthquake occurred beneath the Kaiwi channel, between Oʻahu and Molokaʻi at 1:53 p.m. HST on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. The Hawaiian Volcanoes Observatory issued an information statement saying the quake was centered 14 miles west-northwest of the village of Maunaloa on the Island of Molokaʻi at a depth of 5 miles below sea level. The earthquake had no apparent impact on either Maunaloa or Kīlauea volcanoes on the Island of Hawaiʻi.   

The National Weather Service has issued a Special Marine Warning for Big Island leeward, southeast and windward waters until 3:45 p.m. At 1:50 p.m., a line of showers capable of producing waterspouts and wind gusts over 34 knots was located over FAD Buoy A, or near Discovery Harbour, moving northeast at 30 knots. Waterspouts and wind gusts 34 knots or greater are in the forecast.

This year marks the 12th anniversary of the shoreline hike in Hawai‘i, and the second First Day event since COVID caused its cancellation in 2021 and 2022.

After a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the 24th edition of the Moloka‘i-2-O‘ahu Paddleboard World Championships or M2O, returns to the Ka‘iwi Channel with a sold-out international field on Sunday, July 30, 2023.

In preparation for next year’s Moananuiākea Voyage, the Polynesian Voyaging Society is conducting a deep-sea training sail to the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone, the area of the Pacific Ocean known as “the doldrums,” located approximately five degrees north of the equator.  Weather permitting, voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia will depart from the Marine Education Training Center […]

The Board of The Oʻahu Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association together with the organizing committee of Nā Wāhine O Ke Kai announced their decision today to cancel this year’s championship canoe races: the “Hawaiian Airlines Nā Wāhine O Ke Kai” scheduled for Sept. 27, 2020; and “Hawaiian Airlines Molokaʻi Hoe” scheduled on Oct. 11, 2020.

The 41st Annual Hawaiian Airlines Nā Wahine o Ke Kai Canoe Race is less than 30 days away and crews around the world are preparing for this year’s channel crossing.

At 3:05 p.m., a report of two waterspouts was made. The observation was made about 3 miles west of Kīhei, Maui. The phenomenon was also visible from the “Pali”

Agencies are tracking what is described as a very large marine debris field or net mass last spotted in the Ka Iwi Channel between Moloka‘i and O‘ahu

A 21-foot recreational vessel had sunk and that those aboard were clinging to three kayaks that they tied together. The incident was reported on Sunday in the Kaiwi Channel, about 12 miles west of Molokaʻi.

Increasing winds and seas are expected today and tonight as a front approaches the state from the west, according to the National Weather Service.

The 32-mile ocean crossing tests the endurance and daring of men and women as they cross the treacherous waters of the Ka’iwi Channel from Kaluakoi Beach on the north shore of Molokai to Maunaloa Bay on the south shore of Oahu.