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Data & Tools 

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PacIOOS
Wave Run-Up Forecast:  West Maui

The PacIOOS Wave Run-Up Forecast is a tool to predict the potential occurrence of high sea levels and wave inundation impacting the shorelines of West Maui to increase community resilience and enhance preparedness by providing time to plan and respond in advance of potential flooding events.
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PacIOOS Voyager
Display of Water Quality Data

Another way to visualize the Hui O Ka Wai Ola's coastal water quality results is through a viewer generated by PacIOOS Voyager. 

USGS Rainfall Gauge
Summit of Pu`u Kukui

Precipitation (real time & records) from the United States Geological Survey Pu`u Kukui Rain Gauge located at an altitude of 5,771 ft in West Maui, HI can be accessed through this site.  Current conditions as well as past precipitation can be graphed and downloaded.
New Coastal Pollution Tool Kit
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Data Trends in Water Quality and Percent Live Coral Cover

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Hui O Ka Wai Ola data through Dec.2023 showing geomeans for nitrate nitrite nitrogen (green bars) and turbidity (water clarity) in brown relative to the Hawaii Department of Health state standards shown in the dashed red lines.  Sites go from the north at Honolua Bay to the Pali in the south.
Hui O Ka Wai Ola collects data for ocean salinity, pH, temperature, organic nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorous compounds), dissolved oxygen (DO), and turbidity. Some water samples are immediately tested at mobile labs, while others are processed for testing at University of Hawaiʻi.
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Hot off the press June 2022!
Read the latest report for more information on the Hui and additional results.

Long-term Percent Live Coral Cover Data

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Click graphs for link to comprehensive 2015 DAR CRAMP report.
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Long-term data set collected by DLNR-DAR to understand trends over time at set reef transects as a part of the Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (CRAMP) ​ created during 1997-98 by leading coral reef researchers, managers and educators in Hawaii.
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Graphic from NOAA's 2018 Coral reef condition: A status report for the Hawaiian  Archipelago.
Click the graphic to view the full report and how Maui compares.

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Commision of Water Resource Management (CWRM) Streamflow

In recent years, CWRM has installed additional stream gauges in West Maui (and beyond) to help determine flow, and in some areas, turbidity.  This data is now available through this data portal.
Pesticide Detection Study Map- Results coming soon
Mahalo for coordination funding support from NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, the DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources and the Environmental Protection Agency/Hawaii State Department of Health and administrative support from the West Maui Soil & Water Conservation District.
A portion of this Project has been jointly funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“Agency”) or (“EPA”) under Section 319(h) of the Clean Water Act, and the Hawai‘i State Department of Health, Clean Water Branch. Although the information in this website has been funded in part by a Federal Grant to the Hawai‘i State Department of Health, it may not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency and the Hawai‘i State Department of Health and no official endorsement should be inferred.  This is true of all funding sources.