I remember taxiing way out to that area on some interisland flight; seemed to take forever, so I axed the waitress "Are we driving over to Kauai??"
The channel for Pearl is testy. I have sailed in and out on a friends 36 foot boat and occasionally on USN vessels. If at night, let's hope that one of the channel makers lights were out. That USS Port Royal was the cleanest, had the highest morale among her crew and was the best run ship in PACFLT in the late 90s.