Honomoana is a new transpacific subsea cable connecting the United States, French Polynesia, Australia, and New Zealand, with two Australian landings in Melbourne and Sydney and a branch to Auckland, New Zealand. 

Named after the Polynesian word for “link” (hono) and “ocean” (moana), the Honomoana cable system is part of Google's South Pacific Connect initiative which includes Honomoana and Tabua, which connects the United States and Australia to Fiji. 

In addition to Honomoana and Tabua, the South Pacific Connect initiative will construct physically diverse cable landing stations in Fiji and French Polynesia and connect them with an interlink cable. 

The South Pacific Connect initiative will create a ring between Australia, Fiji and French Polynesia. This ring will include pre-positioned branching units that will allow other countries and territories of Oceania to take advantage of the reliability and resilience resulting from the initiative. 

The Honomoana cable system is privately owned and controlled by Starfish Infrastructure Inc. (Starfish) and its affiliates. Starfish is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Google LLC. Both Google and Starfish are incorporated in Delaware, the United States.

The Honomoana cable system lands at: 

• San Diego County in California, the United States, a physically diverse landing site from the existing systems landing in Southern California.
• Tahiti Nui, French Polynesia
• Tahiti Iti, French Polynesia
• North Island, New Zealand
• New South Wales, Australia
• Victoria, Australia

The Honomoana cable system is designed with 16 fiber pairs and a minimum design capacity of approximately 16.2 Tbps per fiber pair using current technology:

• Transpacific Segment: between San Diego County, California, and Victoria, Australia: 16 fiber pairs, and 14,215 km.
• Tahiti Nui Segment: connecting Tahiti Nui in French Polynesia, to a branching unit on the Transpacific Segment: 16 fiber pairs and 115 km.
• Tahiti Iti Segment: connecting Tahiti Iti in French Polynesia, to a branching unit on the Transpacific Segment, 16 fiber pairs and 156 km.
• New Zealand Segment: connecting the North Island of New Zealand to a branching unit on the Transpacific Segment: 16 fiber pairs and 265 km.
• New South Wales Segment: connecting New South Wales, Australia, to a branching unit on the Transpacific Segment, 16 fiber pairs and 464 km.  

Google intends to install and test the Honomoana system in U.S. waters in the first quarter of 2026 and commence commercial operation of the U.S. landing point of the system in the fourth quarter of 2026.