Kewalo Basin Harbor is Honolulu's premier harbor, home to an elite commercial charter fishing fleet and excursion vessels serving the Hawaii tourist market. It offers a range of half, 3/4, and full-day charters (4-10 hours) as shared or exclusive options, including fishing, sailing, snorkeling, scuba diving, whale watching, sunset sails, and boat tours from various operators like Waikiki Sport Fishing, Hawaii Nautical, Honolulu Sailing Co., and others.

Reef Pirates Diving is a small Oahu-based scuba diving company focused on quality over quantity, operating its own 28-foot dive boat limited to six or fewer divers plus crew for personalized experiences. They offer daily scuba diving trips, PADI certification courses, private charters, first-time diver experiences, wreck, drift, wall, night, and reef dives, sport fishing, whale watching (Dec-May), Molokai escorts, ash scatterings, and more, with an excellent safety record and U.S. Coast Guard licensed captains.

Go Hawaii Watersports offers ocean adventures in Waikiki, Hawaii, including parasailing, whale watching, turtle snorkeling tours, private charter deep sea fishing on a 47′ Cabo Express boat, sunset cruises, and fireworks cruises, with professional crew ensuring safety and fun.

POP Fishing and Marine is a fishing and marine business planning to open a second store, as announced in an October 16 post.

Whipsaw Sportfishing provides professional deep sea fishing charters in Oahu, Hawaii, offering private and shared trips on a 35-foot luxury air-conditioned CABO vessel powered by twin 435hp Caterpillar diesel engines. Trips target species like Yellowfin Tuna, Pacific Blue Marlin, and Mahi Mahi, suitable for families and all levels.

Waikiki Boat Charters offers Waikiki’s largest selection of award-winning private vessels including luxury yachts, sleek catamarans, and elegant sailboats, ideal for occasions such as sunset sailing cruises, sea turtle snorkeling trips, fishing charters, whale-watching, corporate events, ash scatterings, weddings, and more. Captain and crew are provided on all charters.

Tradewind Charters offers private charters on Oahu for both visitors and Kamaʻāina. Operating out of Honolulu, they specialize in private sailing cruises, bottom fishing charters, sunset sails, snorkeling tours, whale watching, scenic sightseeing cruises, weddings at sea, and sea burial services. With over 40 years of experience, their staff ensures every charter is safe, memorable, and uniquely Hawaiian.

Captain Jim Sportfishing Honolulu is a private fishing charter business and boat tour business that takes up to 6 people out fishing for either offshore big game fish or near shore small bottom fish. Also offers Whale Watching, Sunset Cruises, and Friday night Fireworks Tour Show. Captain Jim is a US Coast Guard licensed captain with 45 years of fishing and boating experience.

Aloha Charters LLC operates from Honolulu, Hawaii, offering private sportfishing charters, luxury yacht experiences, deep-sea fishing adventures, and sunset/fireworks cruises on vessels like the Limitless Post 50 yacht and Mazel Tov 46-foot Hatteras, targeting species such as marlin, tuna, and mahi-mahi with flexible 2-10 hour trips for up to 6 passengers of all ages.

Maggie Joe Sport Fishing, established in 1950 as Inter-Island Sportfishing, is the oldest charter fishing business in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, offering deep sea fishing charters with three generations of experience, a 95%+ annual success rate, and a fleet including the Maggie Joe, Sea Hawk, and Ruckus boats. Daily charters depart at 6:00AM from Kewalo Basin near Waikiki, providing full-day, 3/4 day, and 1/2 day private or shared trips with air-conditioned boats, top fishing gear, tackle, licenses, coolers, and ice included; catering available on request.

Blue Ocean Hawaii offers luxury fishing charters and ocean experiences off the shore of Waikiki, Hawaii, aboard vessels like the Tortuga for bottom fishing and the Waiopai for deep sea sport fishing. Services include 2-8 hour fishing trips, sunset cruises, Friday fireworks cruises, and whale watching (December through April), with options to keep your catch on fishing tours.

Oahu Pelagic Sportfishing specializes in private or shared Honolulu sportfishing charters and private bottom fishing charters. Although fishing is their expertise, they also offer daily whale watching tours and private sunset cruises. They provide fishing charters in Honolulu with the best fishing prices.