Hazardous Hawaii

18/10/2023

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Honolulu lifeguards this morning pulled a 54-year-old woman from rough surf at Shark’s Cove on Oahu’s North Shore.

16/10/2023

DOCARE OFFICERS CREDITED WITH SAVING WOMAN’S LIFE

A pair of DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) officers, on marine patrol, came to the aid of a visitor Sunday morning and are credited with saving her life.

Officer Lokene Fao was on a personal watercraft (PWC) at around 9:40 a.m. in the Three Tables area of Pūpūkea on O‘ahu’s north shore when he noticed someone on the beach waving their arms to get his attention.

“I made contact with a man who did not speak English but had indicated to bystanders his daughter went missing while snorkeling. Using hand gestures, the father pointed toward rocks about 50 yards offshore,” Fao wrote in his incident report.

He was joined by DOCARE Officer Brandon Martin, also on a PWC, and the pair began a search pattern. After about 10 minutes Martin located the exhausted 20-year-old woman; a Chinese visitor. Officers say she was struggling to keep her head above water. “She could barely swim and was pulled onto the rescue sled behind the PWC and taken to shore,” Fao added.

Good Samaritans on the beach came into the water and assisted the girl back to shore to reunite with her parents. She did not require any medical treatment.

DOCARE Chief Jason Redulla said, “Our officers have a wide range of duties and responsibilities, including public safety. We’re happy our officers were in the area when this happened, as the outcome could have been tragic without their presence.

03/10/2023

Welcome to Sharktober!

The woman reported to authorities that while she was surfing a shark she described as a 10-12-foot-long Galapagos shark bit her board and launched her into the air. She landed on the shark which then bit through her board leash, according to an account detailed by the state Department of Land and Na...

16/09/2023

I’m a retired registered nurse who has lived on Oahu since 2001. I go to the Petsmart by the Salvation Army off Nimitz Highway every four to five weeks, regularly for many years. This area is the worst I have ever seen it, with a particularly bad and...

07/09/2023

Honolulu Police Department (HPD) District 6 – [0:18:50]: Lieutenant Komoda gave the following report: The HPD report can be found at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WMnKu3WzjbYiECztBeUSn5mSXx5xnhYz.
• July/June 2023: Robbery: 2/4; burglary: 17/12; theft: 182/171; Unauthorized Entry into Motor Vehicle (UEMV): 9/14; assault: 48/39; s*x crimes: 4/6
o Citations: Bike/skateboard on sidewalk: 21/29; speeding: 26/13; parking: 2,333/1,960; loud muffler: 29/15; and park closures: 114/112.
o Arrests: Park Closures: 9/15
o Total calls of service; 5,427/5,303. For more information visit http://www.honolulupd.org.

21/07/2023

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A 63-year-old Texas man died after he was found unresponsive in waters off Mokapu Beach in Wailea on Tuesday morning, July 18, Maui police said.Hawaii News, ...

11/04/2023

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Multiple agencies responded to a 911 call just before 7 a.m. on Sunday, April 9, for an apparent shark bite.Hawaii News, Hawaii Weather, Hawaii SportsSee mor...

05/04/2023

31/03/2023

A group of over 30 swimmers was cited on the Big Island after being caught chasing after a pod of dolphins at Honaunau Bay over the weekend.

31/03/2023

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HONOLULU (KHON2) — A group of hikers was in need of rescue by the Honolulu Fire Department off the Moanalua Middle Ridge Trail on Monday afternoon. The Honolulu Fire Department sent out 19 pe…

09/03/2023

Honolulu Ocean Safety lifeguards this morning pulled an unresponsive, 76-year-old snorkeler from Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve.

08/03/2023

Honolulu firefighters on Monday afternoon rescued an injured hiker from the shuttered Stairway to Heaven Trail in Kaneohe.

07/03/2023

11/02/2023

04/02/2023

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A woman narrowly escapes being dragged up by a huge wave on the North Shore--by clinging to a hammock.Hawaii News, Hawaii Weather, Hawaii SportsSee more of t...

23/01/2023

17/01/2023

17/01/2023

The Honolulu Fire Department rescued a lost hiker this afternoon near the Haiku Stairs, commonly known as Stairway to Heaven, in Kaneohe.

09/01/2023

Sources say at least 20 shots were fired.

22/12/2022

BELLINGHAM, Wash. >> Family and friends are mourning a Bellingham, Washington, woman who died in an apparent shark attack during a Hawaii vacation earlier this month.

19/12/2022

A hiker who wandered lost in the mountains above Kaaawa for four hours today was rescued by Honolulu Fire Department crews.

19/12/2022

A man was attacked by a shark on Tuesday morning in Hawaii, just five days after a 60-year-old woman was attacked in Maui

14/12/2022

An Oahu circuit court judge sentenced a 23-year-old Waikiki man today to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole in the June, 1, 2021 stabbing death of Elian Delacerda, a 19-year-old California visitor at Kuhio Beach Park.

14/12/2022

This video is about What Happens After a Shark Incident?

10/12/2022

State of Hawaiʻi

07/12/2022

03/12/2022

Kauai first responders were busy conducting multiple ocean rescues at two sites – Anini Beach and Queen’s Bath — during dangerously high surf today.

28/11/2022

SHARK SIGHTING: At about 1:11 pm this afternoon. A 12’ tiger shark was spotted at mile 12.5. (Surf spot) off of Honoapi’ilani Highway. It hit a paddle board and a surf board. No one injured. Everyone got out of the water.

15/11/2022

It’s not known if speed or alcohol are factors in the crash.

15/11/2022

13/11/2022

Honolulu firefighters this afternoon rescued a teenage hiker who was injured near the waterfall at the Waimano Falls Trail in Pearl City.

13/11/2022

08/11/2022

A 10- to 12-foot-long aggressive tiger shark was spotted at White Plains Beach in Kalaeloa this morning.

07/11/2022

Honolulu firefighters rescued an injured male hiker this afternoon on the Koko Crater Trail.

07/11/2022

Two men died in a powered hang glider crash Saturday morning at Kaena Point State Park on Oahu’s North Shore.

06/11/2022

04/11/2022

Honolulu first responders this afternoon resuscitated a 32-year-old man pulled from the ocean off of “Eternity Beach” and took him to the hospital in critical condition.

01/11/2022

Heather Hill says she has changed the ringtone on her phone for whenever her husband, Scott, calls.

01/11/2022

Honolulu police are investigating a second-degree attempted murder case related to the report of a stabbing in Waikiki on Saturday night.

01/11/2022

The Honolulu Fire Department rescued an injured hiker this afternoon by airlifting her from the Maunalaha Trail in Makiki.