Teresa Dawson tells us that, "...under NOAA’s new projections, Hawaii is expected to see a 1.3-meter rise in sea level by 2100 under its intermediate case..."

Simple arithmetic tells us that a meter of sea level rise by 2100 would require an average rate of 16 mm/yr. 

The tide gauges at Hilo, Kahului, Honalulu, Mokuoloe and Nawiliwili all have records going back nearly 60 years or more and have rates of sea level rise that range from 1.7 to 2.4 mm/yr.  The obvious question to ask is when will this speed up in the rate of sea level rise to around 8 times the current rate begin to happen?

Source:  http://www.psmsl.org/data/obtaining/

Steve Case - Milwaukee, WI