A quasi-continuous magnetic log has been obtained in the Hawaii Scientific Drilling Project 2 (HSDP-2) between 600 m and 1800 m, which corresponds to a time interval of approximately 350 ka to 480 ka. A tri-axial borehole magnetometer was employed to measure the horizontal and vertical magnetic fields. Measurements were taken in downhole and uphole runs, with a good correlation between the two. In a first step the logs were corrected for the transfer function of the employed low-pass filter and then for the logging depths. To calculate rock magnetizations from magnetic components, we used a multidisk cylindrical model for the penetrated rocks. The disk thickness corresponds with 0.1 m to the logging sampling rate. Magnetic borehole logging in the HSDP-2 hole has established the following: Massive lava flows can be distinguished from those with prevailing hyaloclastites and enables us to supplement the lithology, especially in depth intervals with poor core recovery. The inclinations of rock magnetization derived from the magnetic log agree well with those measured in core samples from HSDP-2 hole. The same applies to magnitudes of magnetizations from logging, as the sum of induced and remanent magnetizations, with laboratory determinations of the remanent magnetizations of core samples. We observe a distinct discrepancy between the local present-day geocentric axial dipole (GAD) inclination of 35.6¿ and the mean logging inclination of 22.7¿. Furthermore, a systematic inclination decrease with depth is observed. Logging and core inclinations in HSDP-2 can be brought into agreement with core inclinations in the HSDP-1 pilot hole by shifting depths of HSDP-1 100 m downward. The correlation of inclination data between the two boreholes and the known age-depth relation of HSDP-1 is used to reexamine the age versus depth model curve for Mauna Kea of Sharp et al. (manuscript in preparation, 2003). We identify tentatively two logged inclination minima with excursion of the geomagnetic field in Brunhes, namely, Levantine at 360--370 ka and Unknown at 400--420 ka.