Hawaiian Eye was one of several ABC/Warner Bros. Television detective series of the era situated in different exotic locales. The show's debut coincided with the granting of statehood to Hawaii, the advent of mass tourism to the new state brought about by the introduction of jetliners for commercial passenger flights.
Private investigator Tracy Steele (Anthony Eisley) and his half-Hawaiian partner, Tom Lopaka (Robert Conrad) own Hawaiian Eye, a combination detective agency and private security firm, located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The partners investigate mysteries and protect clients with the sometime help of photographer Cricket Blake (Connie Stevens) and a ukulele-playing cab driver.