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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
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BTW, I am not a marine lawyer, but it looks from the first several images in this google search:

http://www.google.com/search?q=hawaii+international+waters+map&hl=en&safe=active&rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS408US408&prmd=ivns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=iltBTo-bA9LUiAKGloW7BQ&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CBQQ_AUoAQ&biw=1433&bih=986

that the US claims (as an EEZ - Exclusive Economic Zone) a roughly 500 km radius around the Hawaiian archipelago, If this is the definition of "international waters" that constitutes leaving the US, it would be very difficult to accidentally enter international waters.

Except that according to the map here [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusive_Economic_Zone ], "International Waters" start 12 nautical miles out. So you might want to make sure any cruises you take stay within sight of land (which you would want to do anyways, IMHO - the ocean is freakin' boring once you can't see land anymore :) ).

DON'T PANIC

"It says wonderful things about the two countries [Canada and the US] that neither one feels itself being inundated by each other's immigrants."

-Douglas Coupland

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I agree! Hawaii is a US state and it's considered a domestic flight! Please - If you don't know stop giving wrong information to others.

What if the flight is diverted (maybe a storm) and lands in one of the other Pacific islands, or in Canada? Then you're in big trouble. I would not risk it... there's so much to see in the continental US that such a risk isn't worth it.

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I addressed this earlier. When a flight is anywhere between Hawaii and the continental US, the closest airports are ALL on US territory. There are literally no islands between Hawaii and the US, and both Mexico and Canada are farther away than the US airports on the west coast. Diverting to Canada or Mexico would involve flying hundreds of miles farther. Admittedly it is possible for a Hawaii flight to divert Canada or Mexico [as in, it doesn't violate the laws of physics], but it's a minuscule probability within the already tiny probability of having to divert in the first place.

Hawaii is a safe destination for K-1 entrants to go for a honeymoon, as long as you fly there and stay within 12 miles of the shore. If anything goes wrong with an airplane diversion, buy yourself a lottery ticket [and one for me too :)] because you've already beaten the odds. :D

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"It says wonderful things about the two countries [Canada and the US] that neither one feels itself being inundated by each other's immigrants."

-Douglas Coupland

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