Page 400 - Hawaii: Diving, Surfing, Pearl Harbor, Volcanoes and More

BOWLS (ALA MOANA) Section has famous hollow left break in
S swell knee to double-overhead. Surf early to avoid crowds. Heavy FLAT ISLAND Nice beginner surf spot on calm mornings. This
wave. Localized. windy area excellent for kite surfing & sailboarding.

CANOES Waikiki’s main break. Outrigger surfing. Easy, slow waves. KAILUA BAY Perfect for sailboarding & kite surfing. Some short-
Best in Summer in all southerly swells. Lots of tourists in the way. board surfing & bodyboarding at channel in top end of bay at Dunes
Circle Dr..E swells, especially on Kona days. Sailboarders call outside
QUEENS Straight off Kuhio Beach Park. All kinds of surfing. Long, reef area “Jump City”.
easy rights, mushy lefts. Great first Hawaiian surfing experience. Best
in summer S & SW swells at knee to shoulder high. Rentals. NORTH BEACH Military access only. Fun beachbreak with wave
over a raresandy bottom. Best in E, NE or N swells. Can be huge.
CLIFFS Below lookout. Shortboards, longboards, bodyboarding & Usually blown out by trades.
windsurfing. Rights & lefts, but rarely hollow. Okay year-round, but
choppy or blown out. Lots of windsurfers in big trades. PYRAMID ROCK Military access only. Pristine left off of rocky
outcropping. Works best on straight N swells.
SANDY BEACH Bodysurfing, bodyboarding, skim-boarding.
Pounding, neck-busting shorebreak. Best in Winter, but good all year KANENELU Just down from Ka’a’awa Elem. School. Shortboard &
with any S swell. Parking. Showers. Parking lot thieves. Caution: Very longboard surfing, bodyboarding. waverunners. Nice right walls. All
advanced, tourists should stay out. year, but best in winter on N, NE & E swells knee high to head high.
Parking along Kam Hwy.
MAKAPU’U At Makapu’u Beach Co. Park. Oahu’s best bodysurfing
& bodyboarding. Long lefts, big shorebreak. Best in Winter withany CROUCHING LION Long paddle to outer reef. Shortboard & long-
E swell, knee high to double overhead high. Showers. Parking. board surfing & bodyboarding. Nice tubes, especially on Kona days.
Best in Winter on E, NE & N swells.
RABBIT ISLAND Paddle or boat 3. 4 mi. (1.2 km) to W side of Rab-
bit Island from end of Makai Research Pier. Shortboard & longboard NOTE ON EAST SIDE BREAKS: These breaks are lesser known and
surfing, plus waverunners. Fast, hollow rights. Best in winter with lesser visited, and even difficult to find. Thus the reward is a smaller
Kona conditions. Best in N or NE swell, chest high to 1 1. 2 overhead. crowd at all times.
One-of-a-kind surfing experience. .
POUNDERS At La’ie Beach Park. Bodysurfing and bodyboarding on
BELLOWS Public permitted to Air Force Base. Usually a small shore nice shorebreak.
break.