Hawaii’s recreational boaters should be aware that the Coast Guard will be removing the 86-foot Kauhola Lighthouse located just north of Hawi on the Big Island by the end of the year, according to a story in today’s Honolulu Advertiser.
The lighthouse, which was constructed in 1933, has been deemed unsafe after a 2007 engineering report showed the site was experiencing severe erosion. The structure was some 85 feet away from the cliff’s edge when it was built, however it stands only 20 feet away today, the Coast Guard told the paper.
The decision to remove the lighthouse was made jointly with the state’s Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, as restoring or moving it would be unsafe, the Advertiser reported.
It was also agreed to keep the Barbers Point and Nawiliwili lighthouses as examples of lighthouse construction of that era, the paper noted.
For boaters transiting the area, the article also explained that the lighthouse is no longer operational and the Coast Guard has had a contractor erect a monopole light further inland, which now replaces the lighthouse as a navigational aid for mariners.
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