Update/Canceled: High bacteria count at Kahekili “Airport” Beach on Maui

Update: (5:47 p.m., March 20, 2024)

The Hawai‘i State Department of Health has canceled the notification for Kahekili “Airport” Beach on Maui. Water sample retesting results show that enterococci levels no longer exceed the threshold level.

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The Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH) is retesting Kahekili “Airport” Beach, Maui after measuring a high bacteria count. Levels of 200 per 100 mL were detected during routine beach monitoring, according to a public notice.

This beach has historically met the acceptable beach threshold level, and there is no known source of fecal contamination. Therefore, DOH has collected another sample and is retesting the site.

The department will update the notification based on the results of this retesting.

For more information, see: http://eha-cloud.doh.hawaii.gov/cwb/#!/viewer?eventId=1781
and https://www.epa.gov/beaches/learn-human-health-beach

*Editor’s note: This post was updated to provide a revised bacteria count reading from the DOH.