Surfing in Big Island
Surfing guide to Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean
Big Island has 16 surf spots . Go explore!
Overview of surfing in Big Island
The Big Island is full of your typical style resorts. But there are great Bed and Breakfast type places and small operator hotels too.
- Margo’s Corner – A colorful, off the beaten track bed and breakfast. Two choices for accommodation: indoors or campsites nestled in Margo’s organic gardens. Guests who stay for longer than a week are also served evening ‘family style’ meals. On-site natural food store and wireless internet available. Daily entertainment and nap lessons by the 5 resident cats.
- Dragonfly Ranch – An “eco-spa treehouse”, allows guests to engage in activities such as communing with friendly dolphins, snorkelling, diving, labyrinth, yoga space, organic garden, lomilomi massage, birding, hammock, flower essences, infrared sauna, and supplies wireless high-speed internet.
- Kona Oceanfront Rentals – Beautiful oceanfront home and condos in gated communities the Kona Coast in Kauila-Kona.
- Paniolo Greens – Located only minutes away from Hapuna Beach Park and the white sand beaches of the Kohala Coast with 162 spacious villas providing fully equipped kitchens and private lanais
- Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel – Located in the bluffs above Hapuna Beach, this luxury resort features a spa and salon, fitness facilities, extensive wedding and meeting space, an 18-hole golf course, and restaurants serving Hawaiian and Japanese cuisines.
- Mauna Kea Beach Hotel – Located on the Big Island’s Kohala Coast, this luxury resort offers a long list of services and activities including wedding venues, fine dining options, a championship golf course, tennis courts and etc.
- Mauna Lani Resort – This Big Island beachfront resort offers luxury suites, vacation packages, nightly entertainment, spa services and championship golf.
- Hilton Waikoloa Resort on the Kohala Coast. This resort is the Disneyland of Big Island. There is a monorail as well as a ferry boat to take you between buildings. The pool is like an amusement park, and you can actually swim with the resident dolphins. The restaurants on site are quite pricey though there is a nearby mall which can offer a range of less expensive dining options.
Surf spot overview
The Big Island of simply Hawai’i is by far the largest of all of the Hawaiian Islands and larger than all of the others combined. Wilst all costs have excellent exposure to respective swell trains, the extremely active volcanic nature of the island has combined with it’s topography to produce a rugged coastline not as conducive to quality waves as one would hope. There are a nice selection of points scattered across the island but transport is difficult around the island. Once you look to do some exploring you realise exactly how spoilt you were on Oahu. Still, an uncrowded wave is by far the norm here as opposed to the north shore circus elsewhere.
Surf seasons and when to go
The best time of the year to surf in Big Island
Big Island surf travel guide
Find trips that fit a flexible lifestyle
The Island of Hawaiʻi (called the Big Island or Hawaiʻi Island) is the largest Hawaiian Island. It’s total area is 10,432.5 km². The Island of Hawaiʻi is administered as the County of Hawaiʻi. It is estimated that in the year 2008, the island had a resident population of 201,109.
The Big Island is famous for its volcanoes. Kīlauea, the most active, has been erupting almost continuously for more than two decades. When the molten lava makes contact with the ocean, the sea water turns into steam, and the sudden cooling of the lava causes the newly formed lava rocks to explode and crack into small pieces.