Honolulu firefighters rescued 11 people around the Mokulua islets off of the Windward Side of O'ahu this morning when two canoes were swamped by a large wave, fire Capt. Robert Main said.

Several people reported minor cuts and scrapes but did not have to be hospitalized, Main said.

He described the conditions at Kailua Beach as "very windy and very cold."

The canoes and a boat were crossing Kailua Bay near the Mokuluas just after 11 a.m. when the canoes were knocked over, throwing 11 people into the ocean, Main said.

A male and a female paddler initially were thought missing but the man swam to the Mokuluas and the woman was taken there by a passing kayaker, Main said.

The canoes were later righted, lashed together and brought to shore.

"One was pretty beat up on the reef," Main said.

In a separate incident nearby at 11:23 a.m., a windsurfer was reported in distress off of Flat Island until city lifeguards brought him safely to shore, Main said.