Big Summer Swell, Maui, May 2013

Wave of the day at Dumps, Maui

Left at Lahaina Breakwall

Right at Freight Trains

The waves keep coming! We finally got a big south swell here in Maui and surfers are loving it! It does make taking people snorkeling and driving boats difficult but I love the summer surfing here. You always hear about the north shore and winter surf but few people know that Hawaii's summer swells can bring in pretty big waves from the south. I have been surfing along the south and west shores which have been getting pounded by large surf over the last four days. In fact three boats moored near Mala pier broke free in a really large set and crashed up on the beach. The waves destroyed the boats quickly after. Luckily all of our boats have been doing fine and we have even been running trips. Molokini is still clear and we found a couple spots around Lanai that havn't been murked up too badly. I am so glad that we got a good early season south swell this year since last summer was so slow and because I won't be here for the last part of summer. Gotta get these wave while I still can!
  The first picture was taken by Heidi with a 300mm zoom lens from the shore. All the others are with my GoPro Hero 3 attached to the front of my board. It takes a beating out there and still performs. Gotta love the GoPro!

Steep left at Dumps