Come to Honokōhau Harbor to help U.S. Coast Guard kick off National Safe Boating Week

If you need to get out of the house today (May 17) and want to spend some time on the water — or even just near it — head to Honokōhau Small Boat Harbor in Kealakehe.

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Hawai‘i Pacific and Auxiliary are kicking off National Safe Boating Week, which is May 17-23 this year, with an event at the harbor’s recreational boating launch ramp.

They will be at the harbor from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Interested in a free vessel safety check? Want to learn more of what National Safe Boating Week is all about?

Maybe you’re interested in seeing how you can practice safe boating?

No matter what brings you out, the great men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard and Auxiliary are there to help answer any of your questions or point you in the right direction to get more information — especially about boat safety.

Plus, there’s free swag!

National Safe Boating Week marks the official launch of the annual Safe Boating Campaign, a national and international initiative that promotes responsible boating behavior for all who take to the water.

The observance was created in 1958 by U.S. Congress and kicked off with a publicity bang by then-President Dwight Eisenhower’s White House during the week of the Fourth of July that year.