Kahuku Golf Course

Kahuku Golf Course ia 114.05-acre site that is home to one of the biggest ‘ua‘u kani (native wedge-tailed shearwater birds) colonies on O’ahu, with 500-700 birds at a given time, as well as mōlī (Laysan albatross). The City and County of Honolulu Department of Enterprise Services acquired the golf course in 2017 for not only public access to outdoor recreation and open space but to protect significant habitats and ecosystems. In addition to ‘ua‘u kani, the coastline of Kahuku Golf Course is home to native sea turtles who begin nesting in April and are monitored by Hawai’i Marine Animal Response, Mālama i na Honu volunteers, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, who manages and stewards the adjacent the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge. Other native species present include the nalo meli maoli (Native Hawaiian yellow-faced honey bees) and ‘īlioholoikauaua (Native Hawaiian monk seals), who have been known to use the beach as a nesting spot.