Surfing Hawaii (Paperback)

by Bank Wright (Author) "The summer swells begin to break along the south shore around the middle of April..." (more)
Key Phrases: various reef breaks, foot south swell, winter juice, Maalaea Bay (more...)

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Product Description
Complete surfing guide to the Hawaiian Islands complete with photos,maps,and descriptions.Includes all of the islands: Oahu,Maui,Kauai,Hawaii,and Lanai

About the Author
Longtime surfer,skier,photographer and writer.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Mountain & Sea Publishing (June 1971)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0911449078
• ISBN-13: 978-0911449075
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,331,584 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good reference, but imperfect, February 25, 1999

By	J. Sims "LMT" (Island of Maui) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Bank Wright covers all the Islands, and methodically goes around each, including an insightful one paragraph description of the major breaks, including the best time of year, typical size, etc. The maps included take a while to get used to as north is not always oriented to the top. A good reference if you're traveling to Hawaii and want some fundamental information.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great reference book, October 8, 1999

By	vincent saint ([e-mail]) (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This is one for the coffee table. Cheap, and well worth a minor investment. Details a majority of the breaks out there, but does however, miss a few. Fun to look back into an era past.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Touching, but not too deep..., May 14, 2002

By A Customer

Bank Wright's guide to Hawaiian surf spots touches upon some nice areas, and has a few pleasant PC poems, but ultimately falls short of telling it how it really is. How many times do we need to be warned about dangerous reefs and riptides? Maybe he should have just given this warning once at the beginning and left it at that. But his south shore Oahu map is pretty thorough, and in a few other zones he does find (like a bumbler) some good spots. Overall though, he misses more than he finds, and thus 'Surfing Hawaii' is ultimately blind. If comments such as these upset you- let me ask you, where are the islands of Molokai and Lanai? Overlooking surf spots is excusable- as there are many in the Hawaiian Islands, but calling a book 'Surfing Hawaii' and then excluding two out of five ISLANDS? That seems gravely incomplete, does it not? And I know what you are thinking- "Yea well Molokai and Lanai don't have a lot of good spots." Yeah well from my experiencing scoring on those two islands, there are enough good spots to include in his guide, backwater locals or not. I mean, if Bank is going to hype up places like Tonggs and the east side of Oahu, the least he could do is mention Manele point on Lanai. So I found his poems touching; as for his guide to the waves- not too deep. His 'Surfing California', however, is worth five stars.