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Maui Surfing

Maui surfing is a native Hawaiian sport. Surfing originated in Hawaii as hee nalu - wave sliding.

If you have never surfed, Maui is the place for you. There are numerous Maui surf schools offering surfing lessons for beginning surfers.

If you already know how to surf, use this page to help you locate the best Maui surfing beaches. There are summer and winter Maui surfing seasons, so pick the beach that matches the time of year that you are visiting Maui.

Maui Surfing Lessons

Many beginners take surfing lessons just outside the breakwater at Lahaina Harbor. Maui is loaded with surfing shops such as such as the Royal Hawaiian Surf Academy, Maui Waveriders, Goofy Foot, and Outrageous Adventures. And they are all ready to teach you how to surf.

The outdoor classroom for groups of students from local Lahaina surf shops is just outside the breakwater at the south end of Lahaina Harbor. Our Lahaina surfing lessons here let us learn to surf in two hours.

But are you impatient to to start learning how to surf before the start of your vacation? Learn to surf from your computer NOW with a group of surfing lesson videos.

Maui Surfing Beaches

Or you can try D.T. Fleming Beach Park at Kapalua north of Lahaina. Named 'America's Best Beach' in 2006, the park also has restrooms, picnic tables, and lifeguards.

Honolua Bay is not only a good snorkeling beach - the north part of this beach (Lipoa Point) can have excellent surfing when swells cause high waves in winter.

Maui Surfing Seasons

Maui has two different surfing seasons that correspond to different Maui beaches. Be sure to match your choice of surfing beaches to the time that you are vacationing on Maui.

The Maui summer surfing season lasts from April to September. During the summer season surf at Maui's west and south beaches. The waves are originating from the tropics south of Hawaii and are generally moderate waves that are more appropriate for beginner or intermediate surfers.

The Maui winter surfing season lasts from October to March. During the winter season surf at Maui's west and north beaches. The waves are originating from storms in the north part of the Pacific ocean. These provide opportunties for Maui big wave surfing.

Maui Big Wave Surfing

Maui big wave surfing at Jaws on the north shore of Maui. Maui big wave surfing considered to be the best in the world, is based on the north shore of Maui at a spot appropriately called Jaws.

The large waves that are often part of the Maui winter wave swells are for experienced and professional surfers only. But it's a great specator sport for us vacationers.

Most Maui big wave surfing videos are of these giant monster waves that sometimes hit Maui's north shore.

Maui Beaches Surf and Wind Forecast

View Today's Surf and Wind Forecast for Maui Beaches. Surf and wind conditions vary on different sides of the island.

Maui Surfing TV Show - Living Lahaina

The Royal Hawaiian Surf Academy hosted the MTV series 'Living Lahaina'. If you are more into television than actually surfing, MTV is showing a reality TV series 'Living Lahaina'

The show focues on the surfing instructors at the Royal Hawaiian Surf Academy, a surfing school located on Prison Street in Lahaina.

The show is on late night Tuesday in our area.

Maui Surfing Videos

Click on the PLAY button in the image below if you want to see a pure digital Maui video of Honolua Bay surfing at Lipoa Point.





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