HAWAII FISHING MAP

Fishing Hot Spots

From the blue-marlin water off Kona and the cliffs of South Point, across the channels to Maui, Lanai and Molokai, Penguin Bank and Oahu, and out to Kauai, with the state FAD buoys around every island and Cross Seamount far to the southwest. Tap any star or dot to see what it is and what to fish there.

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Data rule: The FAD buoys use the positions published by the Hawaii FAD program (University of Hawaii HIMB and DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources); only buoys listed as on station at the last report are shown, and buoys can break loose at any time. Penguin Bank and Cross Seamount come from the Marine Regions (VLIZ) gazetteer and the Alenuihaha Channel from OpenStreetMap; these are general centers of large features, not pinpoints, and each star says so. Harbors, piers, points, bays, ramps and marinas come from OpenStreetMap, and the protected areas come from the World Database on Protected Areas. No-take areas (marine life conservation districts closed to fishing, the Ahihi-Kinau reserve and the Kahoolawe Island Reserve) are shown in solid red; areas where fishing follows special rules are shown in dashed red. Every star shows its source when you tap it. BigJoe does not invent coordinates. The exact sources used on this map are listed under Map sources & checks below.
Select a Fishing Hot Spot on the map or from the list below.
★ Fishing Hot SpotBoat rampMarinaWreckObstructionRock (yellow = awash)Coral / rock bottomCanyonWeather/tide stationNo-fishing zone (solid red)Protected area, fishing with rules (dashed red)

Safety: these are planning references. Use current official charts, weather and marine alerts and proper safety equipment before heading out.

Lake guides for this map

Month-by-month patterns, fish, ramps and rules for each water:

📘 Kona, Big Island of Hawaii

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Fishing Hot Spots by area

Harbors, points, bays, FAD buoys and the offshore banks. Tap one to fly to it on the map.

Blue marlin, ahi and ulua in the middle of the Pacific

Hawaii's islands rise straight out of deep ocean, so blue water is only minutes from the harbor. Kona on Hawaii Island is world famous for Pacific blue marlin, and boats all over the state troll for ahi (yellowfin tuna), aku (skipjack), mahimahi and ono (wahoo), often around the state's FAD buoys. Penguin Bank, between Oahu and Molokai, is a favorite for ono and for bottomfishing the "Deep 7" snappers such as onaga and opakapaka.

From shore, Hawaii anglers chase ulua (giant trevally) and papio from the rocks at places like South Point, Kaena Point and Makapuu, and cast for oio (bonefish), moi and goatfish along the beaches and in the bays.

Rules: Hawaii does not require a fishing license for recreational saltwater fishing, but Deep 7 bottomfishing has its own registration, bag limits and closed areas, moi are closed June through August, and many fish have minimum sizes. Marine life conservation districts and reserves have their own rules. The Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources has the details.

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Map sources & checks

Coverage
Hawaii. Mapped features come from public datasets and can be incomplete or out of date: a missing reef, ramp or wreck does not mean it is not there.
Map data
Hot spots
90 hot spots, each with its own source (tap any star to see it): Hawaii FAD program (44), OpenStreetMap mapped feature (33), OpenStreetMap marina or harbor (9), Marine Regions gazetteer (2), OpenStreetMap/Nominatim named place (general position, not a pinpoint) (1), GNIS / Wikipedia coordinates for Ka Lae (1).
Protected areas
18 protected areas from the official list above, drawn in dashed red. Fishing rules inside them are set by the managing agency; check with them before you fish.
Chart layers (Charts button)
GEBCO ocean depth and OpenSeaMap buoys, lights and markers, plus official NOAA nautical charts in U.S. waters. GEBCO and OpenSeaMap are useful references, not official navigation charts.
Weather & tides
See Weather & Tides for this area: NOAA/NWS forecasts, NOAA buoys and NOAA Tides & Currents, with Open-Meteo models where NOAA has no station.
Dates
This page last updated October 15, 2026. Each dataset keeps its own retrieval date, shown above.

⚠️ Planning reference only, not for navigation. Use current official charts, weather and marine alerts, and proper safety gear before heading out.

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