A Wailuku couple were rescued safely after their outrigger canoe broke in two when it was walloped by a large wave Saturday about a mile offshore from Keawakapu Beach on Maui, firefighters said.

The 55-year-old man and 56-year-old woman were trying to swim and pull the canoe pieces to shore when they were spotted by a kayaker, according to Fire Services Chief Edward Taomoto, spokesman for Maui’s Department of Fire and Public Safety.

The kayaker brought the woman to the beach and went back to help the other paddler before Wailea firefighters arrived with a rescue watercraft at 5:03 p.m., he said.

Firefighters found the kayaker and the man trying to tow the swamped and broken hull about 300 yards offshore. They brought everyone to the beach by 5:30 p.m. No one was injured.

The Air 1 helicopter was dispatched after initial reports of a distressed boat at 4:45 p.m., but Wailea firefighters had the parties nearly ashore by the time it arrived.

Man arrested after endangering 6 people

A 52-year-old Waipahu man was arrested late Saturday afternoon on suspicion of attempted murder and reckless endangerment after allegedly wielding a weapon against several people.

The suspect is accused of using a dangerous instrument to threaten three adults, two teenagers and a 9-year-old boy in the Kunia area at about 3:45 p.m. Saturday, according to a police report. His actions put them at risk of death and/or bodily injury, police said. He was arrested at 4:08 p.m. and is being held in custody while police investigate the case.