South Shore of Kauai
November 30, 2006
Fall south swells in the islands can produce some fun surf. Here is a photo and story submitted by Kyle Cannon.
On the last day of a two week stay on the south shore of Kauai, a nice south swell made its way to poipu beach. I had a fresh 6'6 made there and waiting for me when I arrived. I had not ridden the board on the entire trip, because there were really no waves. I mainly surfed my 6'0 for most of the trip. On my last day there, I woke up to the sound of nice 5-7 ft. hawaiian sized waves. I was soooo excited. I waxed up my brand new Mike Wellman shaped 6'6 and paddled out at a break called Acid Drop. It was mostly locals out. Luckily I was there with a good friend of mine who lives on Kauai. There were probably 6 guys out the entire session. We surfed for about 4 hours in nice 5-7 ft. peelers. I got a couple of nice barrels and some really fast fun waves. I have been surfing my entire life, and I have been on numerous surf trips, but this session was one of the best I have ever had. Nice waves, brand new board, light off shore winds and only six guys in the water.
After our 4 hour session I ran back to the condo with enough time to shower and pack my boards up before we had to pack up and head to the air port. Unfortunatly that was only the first day of the swell, and I had to leave that day. When I arrived back home in San Diego, we had a nice solid week of SW swell. I got home from the airport at 8:00 am (red eye home) and went straigt to the beach to carve up some fun San Diego summer surf. Kauai is by far one of my favorite surf destinations!
On the last day of a two week stay on the south shore of Kauai, a nice south swell made its way to poipu beach. I had a fresh 6'6 made there and waiting for me when I arrived. I had not ridden the board on the entire trip, because there were really no waves. I mainly surfed my 6'0 for most of the trip. On my last day there, I woke up to the sound of nice 5-7 ft. hawaiian sized waves. I was soooo excited. I waxed up my brand new Mike Wellman shaped 6'6 and paddled out at a break called Acid Drop. It was mostly locals out. Luckily I was there with a good friend of mine who lives on Kauai. There were probably 6 guys out the entire session. We surfed for about 4 hours in nice 5-7 ft. peelers. I got a couple of nice barrels and some really fast fun waves. I have been surfing my entire life, and I have been on numerous surf trips, but this session was one of the best I have ever had. Nice waves, brand new board, light off shore winds and only six guys in the water.
After our 4 hour session I ran back to the condo with enough time to shower and pack my boards up before we had to pack up and head to the air port. Unfortunatly that was only the first day of the swell, and I had to leave that day. When I arrived back home in San Diego, we had a nice solid week of SW swell. I got home from the airport at 8:00 am (red eye home) and went straigt to the beach to carve up some fun San Diego summer surf. Kauai is by far one of my favorite surf destinations!
