Canoes

Surf Guide

Canoes is named after -- surprise surprise! -- the proliferation of Outrigger canoes that litter the lineup, which have a tendency to come steamrolling at you when you're least expecting it. Keep one eye out for sets, and the other for one of the double-hulled wooden beasts, full of either screaming tourists or big, manly Hawaiians (or both). This is all when it's under three feet and rather warbly, though. Because when it comes together with a solid south swell and a bit of tradewind, Canoes becomes a super fast right tube, a la Maaleaea, and those Outriggers have a hard time keeping up with the racetrack. Count on sharing the lineup on a four-to six-foot day with the South Shore's finest tuberiders, especially those regularfoots who don't want to pigdog at Ala Moana or deal with the crowd at Kaisers.