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Aerial view of Coconut Island in Kaneohe Bay.

Aerial view of Coconut Island in Kane‘ohe Bay showing the location of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology and some of the surrounding reefs. (Click on image to see more of the bay.)


The aerial photo is courtesy of Brian Daniel and may not be duplicated without permission.

The Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology is a world-renowned research institute situated on Coconut Island in Kane‘ohe Bay. This ideal location is just 15 miles from the main campus of the University of Hawai‘i and downtown Honolulu.

In addition, Coconut Island itself provides excellent opportunities for research. It is surrounded by 64 acres of coral reef, designated by the state of Hawai‘i as the Hawai‘i Marine Laboratory Refuge. Only researchers associated with HIMB are allowed to collect specimens from the refuge. The island itself covers approximately 29 acres, with 6 acres enclosed in lagoons that are used for keeping organisms in captivity for study.

HIMB provides research facilities for its faculty and students, who come from all over the world. Ongoing research at HIMB covers many disciplines of tropical marine science. Please visit our “Faculty” and “Research” pages to learn more about ongoing research at HIMB.

Graduate and undergraduate students conducting research on Coconut Island are most often enrolled in the departments of Zoology and Oceanography at the University of Hawai’i, but also include students from a variety of departments and programs across campus such as the departments of Microbiology, Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering (MBBE), Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences (HNFAS), and the Global Environmental Sciences program at the department of Oceanography.

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