Hana Bay

Source: Naval Air Pilot, 1936.

DESCRIPTION

Location: Small exposed anchorage in southwest potion of bay westward of the wharf.

Depths: 3 to 15 feet.

Tidal range: 2.5 feet.

Character of bottom: Rocky

Currents: Weak.

Shelter: Does not afford a desirable anchorage. Exposed to northeast winds and sea, and during strong southwesterly blows the wind comes offshore in such heavy squalls that planes are apt to drag anchor.

LANDING AND TAKE-OFF AREA

Location: Hana Bay or open sea.

Area: Hana Bay, about 3/8 mile in diameter.

Shelter: None. Long take-offs must be made in open sea.

Obstructions: Mooring buoys. Breakers usually on shoals which extends halfway across the bay from the middle of the north shore.

FACILITIES

Provisions and water can be obtained in limited quantities. Small stock of ordinary gasoline. No hotels in village.

Beach: Two short gravel beaches, one at the south end of bay and the other on the northwesterly side.

Communications: Local steamer and occasionally a ew ocean-going steamers call here.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Aspects: The shore of Hana Bay is rocky except for two gravel beaches.

Landmarks: Sugar mill and stack, with many red-roofed cottages near by, 1/2 mile southwest of wharf; the lights of the mill settlement are good mark at night. Abandoned cannery building and stack, 3/8 mile west of Nanualele Point. Kahaula Cone, 545 feet high, is the highest of the group of five hills lying 3/4 mile west of the wharf. Kauiki Head, is and extinct crater 390 feet high, the outer half of which has been eroded, leaving the inside of the crater exposed.

Tender anchorage: The bay is open to the eastward and does not afford a desirable anchorage. Small vessels sometimes anchor in the southwest portion of the bay but do not have much swinging room. In the absence of local knowledge the anchorage should not be attempted by any but small craft. An anchorage can be had in deeper water along the coast between Kauiki Head and Alau Island which is 1.5 miles South of Hana Bay. Local vessels drop anchor northeastward of wharf, make a starboard landing and run bow and stern lines to the mooring buoys. The concrete wharf is 80 yards long and has depths of 21 o 26 feet alongside.

Boat landing: At the wharf.

Importance: Forced landings, when quick repairs can be made, could be made here in moderate weather.