Page 399 - Hawaii: Diving, Surfing, Pearl Harbor, Volcanoes and More

POKAI BAY On military base. Easy rolling waves for bodysurfing COVES Year-round surfing on short rights & lefts. Good surfing on
& beginning board surfers. Poor access S swell or wrap-around W swell.
Hollow rights on winter swells when waist high+.
SHARK COUNTRY Average reef breaks on S or W swells, com-
GREEN LANTERN (MAILI RIGHTS) Mushy right wall by break- mon to Ewa area. Sharks are found throughout area.
water. Long lefts in big S swell.
EMPTY LOTS Windblown & choppy little rights & lefts.
TUMBLE LAND Bodysurfing territory. Locals rule.
SEA WALL Year-round beginnerish rights and lefts. Any S or W
MAILI PT. (NANIKAE) Shortboard & longboard surfing & body- swell works.
boarding. Long left walls on big S & SW swell. Good in Winter W
Swells when N Shore closes out. Best at thigh to double-overhead EWA BEACH Various surf spots from Keahi Pt. & westward.
high. Beach parking. Strong trade winds throughout area make this area usually choppy.
Walls up on N wind.
SHOREBREAK 1. 4 mi. (400m) S of Maile Pt.. Hollow rights to
chest high on wrapping N swell. HAUBUSH Easy lefts all year, but works well only with uncommon
N wind.
TRACKS Just N of power plant. Shortboard & longboard surfing &
bodyboarding. Juicy beach break in Winter W & N swells. Best at SAND ISLAND Reefs in front of park create broken peaks. Sum-
knee to head high. Parking. Sandy beach. mer spot, but winter S swells work too. Sharky due to trash.

KAHE POINT Pick one of many breaks in area. Year-round. POINT PANIC At end of Ahui St.. Bodysurfing only. Beautiful
rights barrel charge toward seawall at chest high in summer.
BATHTUBS Short rights at Kahe Pt., in front of Power Plant. Year-
round fun. KEWALOS (SHARK’S HOLE) Long hollow left barrels dump into
channel, short hollow rights. Cooks in summer S, SE & SW swells,
BARBERS POINT By industrial park. Long lefts on head high thigh to overhead high. Caution: Sharky. Boats. Currents. Coral.
S Swell. Broken lineups on wrapping 3’ - 5’ (1 - 1.6m) N & NW
Swells. TENNIS COURTS Straight off tennis courts. Surfboards & body-
boards. Long rights sometimes hollow. Short lefts. Best in Summer
OFFICERS At Officers Beach at Naval Air Station. Usually bigger SE & S swells.
than Ewa, but blown out.