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26 years selling Hawaii real estate. Windward Oahu specialist: 28 Kailua and 6 Kuilima transactions, four oceanfront sales, Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist. I help sellers with hard-to-price, inherited and life-transition properties across Kailua, Lanikai, Hawaii Kai and the North Shore.
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Public access rights to Hawaii's beaches and shorelines are governed by state statutes and county ordinances, granting the public the right to access areas below the upper reaches of the wash of the waves. Enforcement is handled by County Planning Departments and the DLNR, with specific rules on access widths, intervals, and penalties for obstruction.
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Summary
Public access rights to Hawaii's beaches and shorelines are governed by state statutes and county ordinances, granting the public the right to access areas below the upper reaches of the wash of the waves. Enforcement is handled by County Planning Departments and the DLNR, with specific rules on access widths, intervals, and penalties for obstruction.
Tags
public-access · shoreline · beach-rights · hawaii-law · coastal-management · rights-of-way · land-use
Key entities
Hawaii (location, 1) · Department of Land and Natural Resources (organization, 0.98) · Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands (organization, 0.95) · Na Ala Hele Division (organization, 0.93) · County Planning Department (organization, 0.95) · Public Shoreline Access (concept, 0.99) · Na Ala Hele Program (concept, 0.92) · Kauai (location, 0.9)
Classification
reference · language en · status final
Provenance
claude-sonnet-4-6 via @stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0, confidence 0.85, 8 Sep 2026