Hawaii tests ‘living breakwater’ to hold back the sea

Sep 14

By Anthony Ferreira for Hawai‘i News Now

There is a new approach to protect Hawaii’s shorelines from erosion.

After years of research and planning, a “living breakwater” will soon be sitting on the ocean floor off Kalaeloa.

Sixty concrete reef structures will sit in an underwater site about two-thirds the size of a football field, south of Kalaeloa Harbor. […]

Over the next year, state funds from the new Green Fee will be used to monitor and maintain the project.

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