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Ola i ka wai a ka ʻōpua - there is life in the water from the clouds.
Uē ka lani, ola ka honua - when heaven cries, the land lives.
If not now then when, if not us then who?
Provided by the Surfrider Foundation O'ahu Chapter
Aloha Kakou,
Kingdom Pathways has multiple initiatives currently in the works to get answers to these unresolved contamination issues within the bay. With the help of the Surfrider Foundation O'ahu Chapter, they will be helping our community with testing Pōka'ī Bay for enterococcus. We are trying to determine whether water circulation will improve water quality by testing the outer (left) side of the jetty wall closest to Kū'īlioloa Heiau to compare with the inner side of the bay during a 16-month program starting July 24, 2022. In addition, to determine the non-point source of contaminants to at least a general area by testing multiple spots and theories within the bay, we hope to expand to a third sample near the canal mouth of Kaupuni Stream in the near future! Here's a little background on how we were able to volunteer and directly work alongside the Surfrider Foundation to test different locations other than the Department of Health's site location (000224 Pōka'ī Bay Lattitude 21.442669 Longitude -158.189447).
When testing begins (July 24, 2022), you will be able to track enterococcus levels at Blue Water Task Force results should post 24 hours later; samples are taken every other Sunday.
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Please, help us fundraise for the Surfrider Foundation to help malama them with the critical work they do for our Islands!
Requesting all agencies of the State of Hawaii, the City and County of Honolulu, the Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Department of Boating and Recreation to take immediate action on the procurement of funding in order to develop a plan, and expedite construction with an addition of a mechanism to circulate or a more hawaiian traditional method like a Mākāhā and improve water quality and mitigate the environmental and health hazards caused by pollution and contaminants.
Why is this important? To address the health hazards, and environmental concerns, social and environmental injustice to the Wai'anae community. To make right what has been wrong for so long for our Kupunas and future generations to come. LEARN MORE...
Please reach us at kingdompathways.info@gmail.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Here are the coordinates for our beach site. We sample 000224 “Pokai Bay” approximately once a week, the others are sampled less frequently.
Station NO
Location Name Latitude Longitude
Waianae Beach Shoreline
21.441619 -158.191003 000315
Waianae Kai
21.446675 -158.190842. 000224
Pokai Bay
21.442669 -158.189447. 000183
List of cesspools here in Hawai'i
That important observation of the glossy moving water is because fresh water and salt water weigh differently and allows one to float above the other. This is a great thing to teach the community to kilo about :) Mahalo for sharing the 'ike kupuna. I'm here for it!
From a physics standpoint, tides are caused by the moon orbiting around the earth. A tide happens because any part of the earth that is closest to the moon is getting pulled on by its gravitational field, which includes all the water and land. We see the most drastic effects of the tides in the waters since they are the more fluid as compared to how hard the land is. Your question of whether the water-table is affected by the tides is that - yes it is!
That is a great observation about the glossy sheet of outflowing brackish water at low tide. The lower salinity causes groundwater (gw) to float on top of seawater and also have a different refraction of light.
Submarine groundwater discharge, as we call groundwater outflow at the coastal ocean, is driven by the head (=water level) difference between the gw in the aquifer and the ocean. Since gw level will be equal to or higher than mean ocean level the more water is recharged to the aquifer the higher the gw level will be resulting in larger coastal groundwater outflow. Tides however play a gatekeeper -at high tide that water level difference is smaller so groundwater outflow slows and often even stops or reverses letting seawater intruding into the aquifer. At low tide the water level difference increases allowing groundwater and intruded seawater to rush out again. That is why we see many coastal spring slow, stop or get saltier during high tide.
Waves and swell may produce a similar effect, forcing more seawater into the coastal aquifer, slowing down gw discharge.
We always sample at low tide when we look for terrestrial gw signatures for 2 reasons 1) groundwater outflow is the strongest and we have the highest chance of capturing it, and 2) whatever discharges gets diluted less because the amount of ocean water present at the beach is lower at low tide than at high tide.
NOAA's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services is the office responsible for the measurement, analysis, and prediction of tides, tidal currents, and related oceanographic phenomena for the U.S. coastline.
Unfortunately, I doubt that we have information which is detailed enough to answer your questions.
There are only 2 operating stations on O'ahu, Hawai'i <map of operating stations> which provide continuous monitoring of tidal conditions.- 1612480 Mokuoloe, HI- 1612340 Honolulu, HI
There are no operating stations which monitor currents in this area.
There are a few historical stations, which observed data for a short period of time (a couple months) as part of a survey or other past project. But none of these stations are in the specific area you are interested in. <Map of historical stations>
There is a tide prediction station at 1612482 Waianae, HI.However, this will not provide information about currents in the area.
We have no operational models of tides or currents in this area.
Have you tried contacting the University of Hawai'i, Oceanography Department?This is a very active Oceanography Department; and might have better information for this area.
Kingdom Pathways partnered up with the Na Keiki O Ka Mō'ī Canoe Club, led by Club President Deonne Carden, Wai'anae's Rotary Club members, and the Kaulia's, Mansfield's, Reeve's, Earll Ohana, Ikaika, Lavon, and Scott to conduct a clean-up of Pōka'ī Bay, Nene'u and Kū'īlioloa Heiau.
The volunteers picked up trash through Nene'u (bayside); some volunteers and Keiki's noticed about four 15inch deep holes and a trench dug into the sand filled with litter and human waste while walking alongside the lifeguard stand. Which triggered volunteers to get permission from the Lifeguards to trim the hedges opening up the area in hopes of having this space clear of encampments and sanitation issues. The Honolulu Police Department was on hand and observed the abandoned encampment. Allowing us to clear the debris site and restore the sand making the space safe for everyone, especially our Kupuna and Keiki!
Volunteers picked up trash and invasive feral cat feces near Kū'īlioloa Heiau; Kingdom Pathways director Carmen Guzman-Simpliciano noticed a Kupuna with a brand new bag of cat food on his way over to the Heiau. She asked what he would do with that and explained that we have endangered and federally protected migratory birds called Ua'u Kani (Wedge-tailed Shearwater) that live on the entire peninsula of Kāne'ilio Point. Each year, a pair of birds return to Kū'īlioloa Heiau and begin creating their burrows, only laying one egg per season in June, with most young fledging in November. He said, "that's why the cats are going in and out of the naupaka bushes?" She explained in last year's survey that they found deceased birds that had been ripped apart and to please help protect these birds and obey the signage posted near the Heiau prohibiting feeding any feral animals within Pōka'ī Bay. Also, to spread awareness, and if they see anyone with dogs, make sure they are on a leash. We must protect and preserve our U'au Kani for our Keiki and future mo'opuna (grandchildren).
Throughout it all, Pōka'ī Bay remains a gem on the Wai'anae Coast, and it is up to all of us to chip in and help out in as many ways as possible, even if it means just picking up one piece of trash while you spend your time there. Mahalo Nunui to everyone who allowed the Guzman-Simpliciano ohana to work alongside you to malama our 'ãina!
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Our Ohana's kuleana to this special place where we not only grew up, surfed and played but is close to our hearts because this is where we lay our loved ones to rest so we will always #protectmakahabeach. #restinloveramonandloke #puaoi-guzman
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