I Palekana Kakou Ma Ka Wai (Let Us Be Safe in the Water)

Written By The Hawai‘i Water Safety Coalition

The Hawai‘i Water Safety Coalition (HWSC) was formed in 2023 to create the state’s first Hawai’i Water Safety Plan — a roadmap to ensure that everyone in Hawai’i is safe in, on, and around the water. May this plan, which was inspired by the U.S. National Water Safety Action Plan and filled with recommendations from our own Hawai’i stakeholders, spur the changes that are so gravely needed to prevent drownings across our counties and our island state.

Download The Hawai‘i Water Safety Plan 2025
The Hawai‘i Water Safety Coalition

The Hawai‘i Water Safety Coalition (HWSC) was formed in 2023 to reduce drowning numbers statewide and to increase access to water safety education — results that are needed to create generational change. The HWSC grew out of several years of collaboration initiated by bereaved family advocates, the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation, and the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association. Many members have ties to Hawai‘i’s ocean-going legacy; others represent state and county government officials, visitor industry professionals, educators, water safety professionals, public health providers, medical personnel, scientists, first responders, water sports enthusiasts, cultural practitioners, and nonprofits. A few members have lost family to drowning; they work passionately to ensure that no one else in Hawai‘i must carry the drowning burden.

https://hiwatersafetycoalition.org/
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