Next month, a lottery will be conducted to determine four applicants eligible to receive a Kahalu‘u Bay ocean waters commercial use permit for surf school operations. After the maximum number of permits is reached, the lottery will continue and remaining participants will be placed on a waitlist in the order of lottery selection, in case another applicant drops out.

The four permitted commercial operators in the bay’s Zone A, the only area where commercial surf instruction is allowed, can have no more than four students in the water, regardless of the number of instructors in the ocean.

The lottery, hosted by the DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR) will take place on Friday, November 17 at the Old Kona Airport Events Pavilion at 10am.

Last November, the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) unanimously approved the revised amendments to Hawai‘i Administrative Rules for Kahalu’u Bay.

 For questions, contact the DOBOR Hawai‘i District Office at 808-327-3690.

Photo credit: DLNR