Nāwiliwili Harbor — Attraction in Kauai

Nawiliwili Harbor is a manmade port, dredged from naturally formed Nawiliwili Bay. Harbor facilities include three piers providing over 1,800 feet of berthing space. Specifically, Piers 1 and 2 total 1,214 feet long with a depth of 35 feet at pier side. Pier 3, completed in 1994, is 625 feet long and contains over 16 acres of paved yard. The harbor basin is 1,540 feet wide by 1,950 feet long and is protected by a rock-faced jetty and a 2,150 foot long breakwater. The entrance channel is 600 feet wide and 2,400 feet long with a controlling depth of 40 feet. Cruise ships use this harbor as their port-of-call. It is located at the mouth of the Hule'ia Stream which creates a natural channel for the large ships. This harbor and nearby Niumalu Beach Park were pictured in the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark. The 12,000-square-ft. Aloha Center is just a block away from Nawiliwili Harbor's disembarkation center. It features an art gallery, coffee shop, clothing store, helicopter tour and moped rental outlets, arts and...

This place is not designed as a passenger terminal... scenic views abound but it's basically a pier for commercial traffic. You can walk to a couple of places... including the Hokuala resort / golf (what used to be the Hyatt then Marriott then... resort)... the old Kiele course is still open and there are a couple of restaurants within walking distance but your best bet is to take a tour or taxi / uber to Lihue or ... Golf? There is Hokuala and Puakea within 5min (driving), Poipu is...

Slightly more runoff than expected, but a few days after major local storm, so perhaps I should have expected? I can see the terrian and area are obviously amazing, perhaps the aftermath of the storm damage was more than expected? The paddle board route we took was very briny, as expected, but the hiking foliage was heavily damaged by the recent storm. Our guide was incredibly good, I even quoted Arnold lines during the hike, will post an update with the guide's name once it...