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POPS Off Sheraton Waikiki. Long hollow rights, poor mushy lefts. overhead.
Bestat chest to head high. Fast inside section for shortboards.
Crowded. TONGGS Shortboard & longboard. Hollow lefts in S swells, knee to
overhead+. Breaks into Rice Bowl when big. Puny inside break called
FIRST BREAK Outside from Canoes. Needs overhead size to show. WINCHES.
Easy riding lefts and rights for longboards. Summer S Swells.
ZEROS Long paddle to spot. Shortboards & longboards. Breaks in
CANOES Waikiki’s main break. Outrigger surfing. Easy, slow waves. any brandof S swells, knee to chest high
Best in Summer in all southerly swells. Lots of tourists in the way GRAVE YARDS Long paddle out thru channel. Lefts & rights on nice
S swells.
QUEENS Straight off Kuhio Beach Park. All kinds of surfing. Long,
easyrights, mushy lefts. Great first Hawaiian surfing experience. Best SUICIDES Below Waikiki side of Diamond Head Park. Shortboards,
in summer S & SW swells at knee to shoulder high. Rentals. Tourists. longboards & bodyboarding. Long lefts & short rights on any S swells
at knee to chest high. Breaks all year. Caution: Coral heads and pil-
CUNHA’S Easy lefts and faster inside rights outside THE WALL, ings from an old pier. Hard to get to.
which is a bodysurfing break. Needs chest high to show. Deep reef.
LIGHTHOUSE Below lighthouse. Shortboards & longboards. Fast,
PUBLICS Off W end of Kapiolani Park. Mostly bodyboarding. Long hollow right for experts only. Best with no wind or Kona wind & S
lefts, hollow at low tide. Best in Summer S swell, waist high+. swell to head high. 2’ bigger than other spots,

CASTLES Long paddle outside Publics. Shortboard or longboard CLIFFS Below lookout. Shortboards, longboards, bodyboarding &
surfing on fabled long, long outside left peak. Best on big SW or huge windsurfing. Rights & lefts, but rarely hollow. Okay year-round, but
S swells 1 1. 2 overhead+. Parking at Kapiolani Park. Rarely breaks. choppy. Lots of windsurfers in big trades,

STEAMER LANE Way outside super rare break. Humongus break BROWNS Far end of Diamond Head beach. Rarely breaks, but when
on huge S swell. Ride for miles if you are lucky it does it can have rights from head high to triple-overhead, 1. 2 mile
OLD MAN’S In front of Outrigger Canoe Club. Longboards & ca- (0.8 km) out. Experts only.
noes surf on mushy lefts and rights. Best at knee high to head high.
MAHONEY’S Inside Brown’s. Smaller rights and lefts, usually blown
RICEBOWL In front of Outrigger Canoe Club. Shortboards, long- out by trades.
boards, & bodyboarding. Short, hollow rights & long hollow lefts.
Best in Summer on any S swell at high tide. Best at chest high to