No Sharks! Kekaha Kai State Park Reopens

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From a press release Thursday (June 20):

The Department of Land and Natural Resources reopened Kekaha Kai State Park (Kua Bay and Mahaiula sections) at 11 a.m. today, after a Hawaii Fire Department helicopter flyover this morning did not sight any sharks in waters off the park.

Yesterday the park remained closed when a morning flyover saw a number of reef sharks in offshore waters

The park is located 2.6 miles north of Keahole airport in Kailua-Kona.

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Illustration courtesy arripay.

—Chad Blair

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