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Sleeping bag

It should be able to tolerate wet conditions. For example, it could have a Gore-Tex shell or it could have a synthetic fill. You are almost certain to get rained on a bit while camping.

Tent

You’ll need one for protection from the rain and, along the coast, the bugs.

Koster’s curse

Uluhe (false staghorn) fern

Clothes while backpacking

On the one hand, it’s best to go as light as possible; on the other hand, almost nothing—not even synthetics—dries overnight in Hawaii’s damp climate under backpacking conditions. Consider which things you can stand to wear damp and which you can’t stand unless they’re dry. Pack just one or two of the “okay if damp” things. Pack a set of the “gotta be dry!” things for each day plus one or more extras, just in case. (For me, it’s socks.)

At the end of a soggy day of camping out

On those occasional rainy days, you may wonder how you’re going to get reasonably clean without getting any wetter than you already are. The socks you’ve worn all day are “goners” for the time being, wet and muddy on the outside but relatively clean on the inside. While you’re changing into dry clothes, turn your “used” socks inside out and mop yourself off with them.