#World Ocean Day

Statewide World Ocean Day event makes waves in effort to cleanup island coasts

Community engagement shines during statewide Coastal Kuleana Cleanup, a multi-island effort organized as part of the Year of Our Coastal Kuleana and focused on protecting shorelines, reefs and wetlands vital to Hawaiʻi’s identity and prosperity.

New humpback whale film reveals epic journey, urgent science on World Ocean Day

Celebrate World Ocean Day with “In the Wake of Whales,” a free video that dives into the captivating world of humpback whale migration and gives insights into the whales’ journey to Hawaiʻi.

Top 10 things to do on Big Island for June 5-12: King Kamehameha and World Ocean day celebrations, Holy Ghost Feast, HI-larious Improv and more

Whether you love comedy, the ocean, samba or celebrating Kamehameha the Great, there is plenty of things to do this week on Hawaiʻi Island.

What ocean creature in Hawaiʻi topped the Big Island Now poll? Hint: It wasnʻt the stingray

The winner of the Big Island Now poll for this week for favorite creature that lives in the ocean around Hawaiʻi is not the stingray, who did not get a single vote. What won?

Families gather for World Ocean Day in Downtown Hilo

Families gather for World’s Oceans Day in Downtown Hilo’s Kalākaua Park on Saturday.

Mokupāpapa Discovery Center great place to stop Saturday during Hilo’s World Ocean Day

One of Hilo’s most historic buildings houses the Mokupāpapa Discovery Center, where you can check out World Ocean Day on June 10.

2nd annual World Ocean Day event in downtown Hilo on June 10

The 2023 theme for World Ocean Day is “Planet Ocean: Tides Are Changing.”

Big Island Now Poll #14: What is your favorite creature that lives in the ocean around Hawaiʻi?

World Ocean Day is June 8. In Big Island Now Poll #14 we ask: What is your favorite creature that lives in the ocean around Hawaiʻi?

Rep. Gabbard Calls for Protection of Our Oceans

In honor of World Oceans Day, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard called on the people of Hawai‘i and across the country to take action to protect and preserve the world’s oceans for generations to come.