Kawaikini Canoe Club


Paddling With Kawaikini

Kawaikini Canoe Club encourages all men & women to come join us at the Wailua River for competitive or recreational outrigger canoe paddling.

Paddling Days

Competitive Program

Kawaikini meets every Tuesday and Thursday anytime between 4:30 & 5:30pm for warm-up and workout. Paddlers must warm-up and workout before getting on the water.

Our program is managed by our coach Midori. Midori also invites coaches from the island for clinics, such as steering, paddling, motivation, and health concerns, whenever possible.

Kawaikini is a year round club. We focus on Long Distance races form January - May, Regattas from May-August, and then specialty races from August - September. September - December is our time to enjoy the paddling experience and work on techniques recognized during the racing season.

Queen Lili’uokalani 18 mile Iron 2008 Racers
Shirley, Midori, Amanda, Victory, Jakki, Stephanie

Recreational Program

We also meet on Sundays at 8:30 for our "Cruiser" day. This is a more relaxed paddle for those that are not in the competitive groups and also the day we meet afterwards at Olympic Cafe for Bloody Mary Sunday and breakfast most weeks.

All paddlers are welcome. Members are assigned as much as possible into canoes as cruiser or competitive preference. If you are looking to see if you would like to join us this is the best day for guests as weekdays are reserved for our race practice. We welcome people to come for 2 weeks as a guest before they are encouraged to join Kawaikini Canoe Club.

DIRECTIONS: From Lihue Airport travel Kuhio Hwy. 56 toward Kapa'a. Turn left on Kuamoo Rd. Take the immediate first left and park. Walk to the end of the road to the park, you will see the outrigger canoes on the left of the park.