#Kaneohe Bay

An assessment of the coral reefs in Kaneohe Bay after a Navy aircraft slid off the runway at Marine Corps Base Hawai‘i last month showed extensive damage with state officials describing some areas as “pulverized.”

Experts have agreed that the best option for a whale carcass found stuck on a reef in Kaneohe Bay on Tuesday, is to leave it where it’s at for now.

The carcass of what is described as a “very large” whale of unknown species washed onto a patch reef in Kaneohe Bay Tuesday morning, Feb. 5, 2019.

The wreckage of a Robinson R44 helicopter was airlifted out of waist deep water in Kaneohe Bay just before noon on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018.