TAKE ACTION

Ocean Access is Blocked/Restricted

Or there is a threat it will be blocked

OR vegetation is blocking your way OR construction is taking place 

on the oceanfront threatening Access to the ocean.

Access means vertical access to the ocean and means 

horizontal access across the beach and oceanfront.

CALL and EMAIL the Office of Conservation & Coastal Lands (OCCL)

OCCL is part of the Dept. of Land and Natural Resources (info below).

https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/occl/beach-access/


IMMEDIATELY CALL DLNR HOTLINE:  (808) 643-3567


Additional Suggested To-Do List:  

Take photos of access being blocked

Gather information of the History of the area and the use of access

Gather names of those who can speak to the community use of the access


Contact Your Council Member

Call Your Mayor's Office 

Oʻahu City Council

https://www.honolulucitycouncil.org/our-council

Mayor's Office Oahu - (808) 768-4141

Hawaiʻi Council

Maui Council

www.mauicounty.gov/66/Council

Mayor's Office Maui - (808) 270-7855

Kauaʻi Council

www.kauai.gov/Council

Mayor's Office Kauai - (808) 241-4900

Public Access to Shoreline Hawaiʻi

Click on Photo to learn about the PASH Law and YOUR RIGHTS

Click on Photo to learn about

Public Access Rights

from the University of Hawaiʻi

Sea Grant website

Click on State Seal to learn about the 

Office of Conservation & Coastal Lands 

OCCL

And Beach Access and Vegetation 

Encroachment

The ocean shoreline, including sand, rocks or cliffs, is public up to the highest wash of the waves and on the highest tide of the year. 


In the summer on the North Shore, when waves are not as high, the area they reached during the winter is public.


In the winter on the South Shore, when waves are not as high, the area they reached during the summer is public.


The ocean shoreline is under the jurisdiction of the State up to the highest wash of the waves and on the highest tide of the year.


Public rights-of-way to the ocean shoreline are under the jurisdiction of the County.

DLNR OCCL

(808) 587-0377

DLNR Enforcement 

(808) 643-3567