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KA’ENA 50’ (yes, 15m) winter waves happen. Access via dirt road. SE & S swells.
Yet to be ridden at super-size. Caution: Current is extremely danger-
ous. BABY HALE’IWA Off west edge of Magic Island. Breaks right when
chest high+. When head high+ produces thick short lefts called BIG
SOUTH SHORE LEFTS.
SAND ISLAND Reefs in front of park create broken peaks. Good BAMBURAS In front of Magic Island seawall. Shortboards & long-
summer spot, but winter S swells work too. Sharky due to trash. boards. Long, heavy lefts to head high in S swells. SECRETS is same
spot further out.
FLIES (INCINERATORS) Mushy rights knee to chest high.
BOWLS (ALA MOANA) Section has famous hollow left break in
POINT PANIC At end of Ahui St.. Bodysurfing only. Beautiful rights S swell knee to double-overhead. Surf early to avoid crowds. Heavy
barrel charge toward seawall at chest high in summer. wave. Localized.
KEWALOS (SHARK’S HOLE) Long hollow left barrels dump into ROCKPILE Lefts best, & rights work in all S swells too. Flows into
channel. Short hollow rights. Cooks in summer S, SE & SW swells, Ala Moana.
thigh to overhead high. Caution: Sharky. Boats. Currents. Coral.
IN-BETWEENS Between Ala Moana & Kaisers. Good waves, but
RENNEX “Right next” to Keowalos. Rights away from channel. closes out when big. Best at chest high to 2’ overhead.
STRAIGHT OUTS. MARINELAND. SHALLOWS Nice rights & KAISERS In front of Hilton Village. Hot right tube. Mushy, easy lefts
lefts on Summer S Swells. Winter works too, just not as often in S Swell. Best at thigh to overhead high. Big summer crowds.
BIG RIGHTS Needs to be chest high+ to break. The name describes FOURS Overhead+ lefts reform in front of Ft. DeRussy. Seldom
it. good.
CONCESSIONS In front of beach concessions stand. Shortboards & THREES Outside Waikiki. Fabulous long right wall on a juicy sum-
Bodyboarding. Quick tubes. Rights & lefts in Summer S swell, knee mer S swell. Best at low tide chest high+. Paddle out in channel.
to head high.
PARADISE Short peaks seldom show between Pops & 3’s.
TENNIS COURTS Straight off tennis courts. Surfboards & body-
boards. Long rights sometimes hollow. Short lefts. Best in Summer