Hello all, my family and I are visiting Hawaii in October for 10 days. I'm staying in Waikiki for 7 days and was wondering who is the best to hire a SUP & paddle from? I've heard good things about Blue Planet Surf and a local guy recommends Hans Hedermann. Hopefully I can catch some waves whilst I'm over there 
Select to expand quotePortstretch said..
Hello all, my family and I are visiting Hawaii in October for 10 days. I'm staying in Waikiki for 7 days and was wondering who is the best to hire from? I've heard good things about Blue Planet Surf and a local guy recommends Hans Hedermann. Hopefully I can catch some waves whilst I'm over there
"Big Wave Dave" and "Kona Board sports"
Blue Planet is your best bet if you are looking for a performance surf sup. Rental list can be found here:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZC_M66oeSWSgcyiqy9a0-Z3RMze4D1wGktCeLAIOHUM/edit#gid=0
Waikiki in October will be fairly flat. Little bumps maybe, but most of the surf has moved to the North Shore around that time. In the winter time Puena point is probably
the most consistent break for sups. If you want you can message me closer to when you arrive and I might be able to point you towards something more.
Thanks Exiled, arrive on the 18th so will probably and hopefully catch the last two days of the Pipe comp and then get into some serious SUP waves myself. Was there about three years ago but it was July so mostly supped outside the Hilton and everywhere in between there and Waikiki.
Blue Planet were superb last time so will be hitting them up again.
Phil
Thanks Exiled. Thanks for the feedback. I'll definitely be hitting you up on your knowledge of the area as my trip gets closer. Cheers
Sure thing. Not sure what people consider serious sup waves. Unless you already have the chops to handle pipeline on a shortboard I wouldn't think about touching it with a sup. For the most part, if you are competent and friendly enough you can surf most breaks, but the level of competence expected to surf some of the more famous breaks is pretty high.
There are uncrowded breaks on the north shore, but they aren't going to be pipeline, and they aren't going to be consistent. But when everything is right they can be pretty nice:
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Stand-Up-Paddle/SUP/Four-hour-session-in-four-minutes/
Probably one of the best days at that particular break last year.
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Is that Puena point in the video, looks sick
Naw, never that empty there. Puena is nice because it is consistent, and its one of the last spots to close out on a big swell, but you'll never see it that empty. The spot in that video needs the right swell direction and the rare day with no wind for it to break like that. Its also a long paddle and notoriously sharky, which helps thin the crowds.
Hi. I started a thread on Hawaii last June. www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Stand-Up-Paddle/SUP/Anyone-been-SUPing-in-Hawaii/?SearchTerms=Hawaii
Puaena gets crazy when it's huge, outside is tow heaven, west bowl is aaaaaaaaalmost a chopes right. I was out one day about 3 years ago to have a look, saw the west bowl go completely square. Kai Lenny's little brother was right in the impact zone but somehow duckdove through. Kai was out taking off deeper than the dry rocks, scary to watch. I forget where this story was going...just wanted to talk story I guess... Anyway, listen to Exiled he knows his stuff.
