The Navy warship Port Royal discharged about 5,000 gallons of raw sewage sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning, the state Department of Health's Clean Water Branch said today in a news release.

The public is being advised to stay out of waters fronting the reef runway from the Keehi Channel to the Pearl Harbor channel. The area is a popular diving area for tako.

Watson Okubo, Monitoring & Analysis Section Chief, said no official notification was given to the Department of Health, even though two DOH staff person attended a meeting Saturday afternoon at Pearl Harbor.

Okubo said his office confirmed the discharge this morning.