State rules in question

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Waves break as a family seeks out a throw-net spot on the Poipu Beach tumbolo, Monday afternoon.

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Kaua‘i Ocean Safety Bureau water safety officer Dutch Fairbanks prepares the rescue board for water duty at the empty Poipu Beach, Monday afternoon.

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Kaua‘i Ocean Safety Bureau water safety officer Dutch Fairbanks surveys the empty Poipu Beach before taking to the water, Monday afternoon.

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Beach goers escaping the Monday afternoon heat co-inhabit the beach with a Hawaiian monk seal fronting the Marriott’s Waiohai Beach Club.

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A family using the keiki pond is the only sign of life Monday at the Poipu Beach Park.

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Kaua‘i Ocean Safety Bureau water safety officer Aaron Swanson mans the Nukumoi Tower that overlooks Poipu Beach Monday afternoon.

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Sarah Schroeder finishes her sign protesting her right to use the beach during the Saturday rally at the lawn of the historic County Building.

LIHU‘E — Mayor Derek Kawakami said on Friday his office is working to clarify Governor David Ige’s order to close beaches statewide, as well as the other rules enacted through the governor’s fifth supplementary proclamation.

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