Maui's North Shore

The North Shore...this is the North Shore in Maui and it was amazing. On the last day we were in Hawaii a huge wind storm blew in; they thought it was going to be so bad they closed all the schools for the next day. Anyway, the wind created enormous, beautiful and amazing waves. Ben and I don't know how big the waves were but I think it was about 10 -15 feet high.

Below is a panoramic view of the North Shore at a spot just past Mama's Fish House.

This is a better view of the waves.


Ben loved to his body boarding experience. However, we really didn't get any great waves most of the time we were there. The last morning we were there we decided to go to the North side of the island and see what we could find...the waves were probably around 6 - 8 feet high...Ben and I both made an attempt...I was successful once; but as the wave pulled me back out I got thrown around a bit and slammed into the ground. Also, the beach wasn't made of sand...it was made up of little pebbles. From the time that both of us spent in the water we both had rocks in every crevice of our bodies.

Ben was tough. He had a lot of fun catching waves and playing in the surf.

The picture below will give you an idea of how the waves looked. Ben is standing up...check out the wave behind him.