Advisory cleared at Waimea Bay — Oʻahu coast continues recovering
14 tracked beaches cleared DOH advisory status in the last 24 hours: Ala Moana Beach Park, Banzai Pipeline, Haleiwa Beach Park, Hanakaʻoʻo Beach Park, Hanauma Bay, Honoliʻi Beach, Kailua Beach Park, Ko Olina Lagoons, Lanikai Beach, Makaha Beach, Sandy Beach, Sunset Beach, Turtle Bay Beach, Waimea Bay. Bacteria can linger after visible turbidity clears, so the 72-hour waiting rule still applies if the advisory was rain-driven.
Big Island is worsening over the last 14 days (-79pp vs. the prior two weeks). All 7 of our tracked beaches on the island recorded one or more advisory days in that 30-day history window. NOAA's 7-day forecast is dry, which should halt new advisory activity and let the existing advisories begin to clear. See the Big Island leaderboard for the beach-by-beach ranking.
Maui is worsening over the last 14 days (-86pp vs. the prior two weeks). All 6 of our tracked beaches on the island recorded one or more advisory days in that 30-day history window. NOAA's 7-day forecast is dry, which should halt new advisory activity and let the existing advisories begin to clear. See the Maui leaderboard for the beach-by-beach ranking.
Oʻahu is improving over the last 14 days (+14pp vs. the prior two weeks). 12 of our 12 tracked beaches on the island recorded one or more advisory days in that 30-day history window. NOAA's 7-day forecast is mild — scattered showers possible but unlikely to drive new advisories. See the Oʻahu leaderboard for the beach-by-beach ranking.
Kauaʻi has remained mostly advisory-affected across both 14-day island-wide advisory-day windows (0% of days had no DOH advisory anywhere on the island in the latest window). All 6 of our tracked beaches on the island recorded one or more advisory days in that 30-day history window. NOAA's 7-day forecast is mild — scattered showers possible but unlikely to drive new advisories. See the Kauaʻi leaderboard for the beach-by-beach ranking.
For the always-live per-island outlook, see our Hawaii Water Quality Forecast, which regenerates daily from NOAA + DOH data.
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