La Perouse Bay

Surf Guide

La Perouse Bay is a very rocky bay on the desolate and beautiful southern corner of Maui. 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 usually cleanest early in the mornings, as the offshore ENE tradewinds pick up later in the day and can make it a little difficult for surfing.

Ability Level

Intermediate - Advanced

BegIntAdv

Best suited for avid to advanced surfers.

Local Vibe

Welcoming

WelcomingIntimidating

Humility and respect appreciated.

Crowd Factor

Mellow

MellowHeavy

Usually not crowded

Spot Rating

Fun

PoorPerfect

Can be a long, workable left, but is slopey and fat on the shoulders.

Shoulder Burn

Medium

LightExhausting

Paddle out fairly long. Point break, so longer the rides then longer the paddle.

Water Quality

Clean

CleanDirty

Pristine.

Ideal Surf Conditions

Swell Direction

SSE to SW

Wind

Calm or offshore from N to ESE, with NNE-NE straight offshore.

Surf Height

Head high-3X overhead-plus

Tide

Medium