Beach Boy Hale

Just finished some great surfing lessons with Chris. It was fun and he was encouraging and patient as my wife and I figured things out. I would recommend him to anyone. It was a «group lesson» but there were only 3 of us to 1 instructor which seemed ideal. All in all it seemed like a solid value for a great experience.

My husband + I just completed our first surf session. We both had so much fun! Ron + staff were patient, reassuring + positive. I’m scared of the ocean but I felt so comfortable + confident out there. Our instructor, Stephanie was awesome + encouraging. We both got a great workout + memories. We also had a photographer take pics + videos… that was a MUST! we would highly recommend this add-​on.

Not bad for renting water things. Surf boards like $ 10-​$ 15 for 1^st hours and $ 5-​$ 10 there after. Right now they were working on the beach shore to make more room for people. Water is nice and warm once you get in. Loved it!

Great deals for renting stand-​up paddle boards! Only $ 15 per hour, plus they give kama’aina discount (an extra half hour for free). Other places along Waikiki Beach quoted me at least double that price per hour. I don’t get it. Their boards were of high quality, too.
To find their booth, head to the beachside of Castle Waikiki Hotel.

I think it really depends on the instructor you get. My boyfriend and I went to just rent paddle boards, but glad we listened to the «receptionist» and took lessons. Now at least we know how to catch a wave. Def think that if we hadn’t taken lessons, we wouldn’t have had fun because it would have just been us trying to figure out how to ride the board. Our instructor was more of a trial by error and learn as you go kind of guy. Which i liked. Our instructor stayed out with us for a little bit longer than than the hour.
Again, I think it will depend on your learning style and the instructor you receive. They are pretty cheap when compared to the rest of the businesses on the beach in regards to rentals.

The have the best surfboards for Rent and a great staff. I have rented Stand-​up Paddle boards in Waikiki before and they were all junk! Here I was able to ride a brand new board and pay half what everyone else was asking.
Plus there right on the beach in a perfect location.

The people here are nice enough, but the surfing lesson is *VERY POOR VALUE* and after it’s over, you just can’t shake the feeling of being just another stupid tourist who has been seriously ripped off!
Beach Boy Hale has a prime beachfront location and advertise a rate of $ 45 for a 2 hour lesson. Seems fair enough, but what they don’t tell you is:
1) Even when you show up on time, the lesson can’t begin until the instructor and other members in the party show up — and when they’re running 10 – 15 minutes late, you can subtract that time from your lesson.
2) You will spend another 25 minutes or so on the beach while they get the boards ready, find some (dirty) long sleeved shirts for you to wear, and then give you a mini lesson on what you need to do in the water (The lesson I can see paying for, getting the equipment ready, no).
3) With well over a quarter of your total time used up, they finally tell you that you have to paddle out from their prime beachfront location to the «beginner waves» in the far distance, which takes about 15 minutes of very hard paddling, and by which time beginners like ourselves are completely exhausted.
4) Add the 10 – 15 minutes it takes to paddle back to shore and you can see that you are actually left with less than an hour of wave time, and that time is shared between your group.
5) Not wearing a watch out in the water, you can only go by the instructor’s timing. I was a bit surprised when after about 5 wave opportunities each, our instructor said it was time to paddle back. A grueling 15 minutes of paddling later we were back on the beach where we noticed that it was only 10:30 and we should still have had another 30 minutes of lesson time left! However, by this time, there wasn’t much we could do. Our instructor had long disappeared (he made it back to shore ahead of us) and the other workers there were busy chatting and we didn’t want to create a fuss. We were also completely sore and exhausted from all that paddling!
So, all in all, the two of us paid almost $ 100 (incl. tax) for about 30 minutes of *shared wave time* or about 5 waves each. I suggest looking into other places and doing your research, asking lots of questions before shelling out your hard earned dough!

My GF and I rented stand up paddle boards from this kiosk by Fort DeRussey. Everyone was super friendly and took time to give us tips on the art of SUP (it was our first time). By the way, everywhere else charges almost 2x as much for rentals. I wouldn’t go anywhere else, and they are steps away from the water.