La Perouse Bay:
La Perouse Bay is a very rocky bay at the end of Makena Road on the desolate and beautiful southern corner of Maui. To get there it’s a bit of a hike and involves some driving on unpaved road, so having a 4WD is useful in wet conditions. The reward is that you can score powerful, clean and fairly uncrowded lefts. While La Perouse can hold anything from head high to triple overhead and above, it can also be shouldery and slopey. When it’s big though, these sections allow you to work on your carving game all the way to the shore. La Perouse is cleanest early in the morning; as the offshore North-East trade wind picks up later on and into the afternoon, it can get a little difficult for surfing. This stretch of coastline is also great for fishing and snorkeling when surf is small or flat.
Dumps:
In the desolate countryside of the Makena Coast on the southern corner of Maui is Dumps, a left-hand reff point that can get really good on a sizeable swell. Dumps breaks fast and offers up barrel sections on moderate to large swells; on smaller swells, Dumps becomes significantly slower and fatter. In addition to being guaranteed spectacular views and pristine blue water, traveling surfers can expect offshore winds almost daily — though sometimes they blow so strong that surfing becomes difficult.
Big Beach, Little Beach:
Big Beach and Little Beach are beautiful, scenic beaches adjacent to one another on the southern end of Maui. Both mainly offer skimboarding, bodysurfing, and bodyboarding with shorepound that can get sizeable and strong with closeout barrels. Bigger, longer period swells will sometimes offer a surfboard option off the rocks on the sides of each cove. Little Beach is also known as Pu’u Ola’i Beach, and is the only generally accepted clothing optional beach on Maui.