Welcome to the community Haubush and Aloha No
Papipi is going to be rough lot’s of racers and motorcycles and ripoffs.
If you’re by the end of the road next to the church house then you’re close to Tony Balcalso’s old house and Kimo Kauiho’s o;d house. Tony is Kekoa’s dad and usually surfs White Plains with his wife. Kimo is Dave Parmeter’s local glasser and now lives a block or two from Pupu place. We’re all classmates from Ewa Beach Elementary.
As far as boards Rogers right if you’re gonna surf Haubush Park (formerly known as Sandtracks) on a regular day. It’s a mellow long right full of longboarders. But there’s a couple of gems that most people don’t know about.
You’ll need a high performance shortboard that you can paddle well to get in but when it’s big 4’-6’ hawaiian you will not regret it. If you are a goofyfoot you will fall in love with it when it’s going off. By the way they are saying 8’ faces this coming weekend just short of advisory. I have 3 longboards a 10’ two parmeters 9’s and a Surftech 7’11" McCoy for Sharkcountry. The rest of my 15 board quiver is shorties and fishes. I would say you could get by with a real big longboard, a fish, and a high performance 6’3" or 6’4".
Here’s your passport to your new home.
There’s a ton of surf in Puuloa/Oneula the first is my home spot called Shark Country one of the best waves on this side of the island. A big left that jacks inside. Backside for me but a break I love for both its power, length and childhood memories it gives… Our family beach house was right in front of the break until they sold the land in the 80’s and kicked all of us out except my uncle Ted who stayed as caretaker for Haseko. Townside of Sharkcountry is a break called Seawall where you go for big West and Southwest dream waves. Joe Gainer and his family are the only ones left living here and he usually surfs these breaks everyday. Just walk down papipi turn left and turn right on down place then paddle out from the seawall.
On the inside left of Shark Country is the original Haubush which doesn’t break well anymore but all the young hot shortboarders hang on the inside here to catch the doubleup barrels dropping in on you if you don’t hustle.
Further down by the former Lions Club park is Chickencreek which is a high tide and close out break as Sandtracks will closeout around 4’ hawaiian on a straight south or southwest. You’ll need to line up on the sewer pipe jetty when this happens
In front of the pillbox to the right of sandtracks is “inbetweens” which joins into the left coming from sandtracks or if you can wait on the inside and duckdive alot has some smoking double up rights. On big southeasts you’ll get long lefts all the way to the bathroom
Moving west the next take off is a right that you catch infront of the green bathroom. On a big southwest it’s a decent right but on a 20’ big west wrap this is where you’ll want to be along with seawalls the rights go on forever. The waves on a big winter west wrap will actually break sideways to the beach.
At the far end of the park is Johns which is a right comparable to Sharkcountry. My second favorite spot at the park when it’s good. Cause the Oneula social club hangs out at Sandtracks only the hardcores will paddle walk or drive down to this side of the park next to the druggies and homeless havens.
A short walk down the coast are two secret hot spots:
One is called Coves with is a goofyfoot shortboarders barrel dream wave hard to get out and shallow but well worth it. About the same distance from that is a place called Tree Stumps. When this side is closing out this is the place to be. A big right similar to Puena Point or Pupukea in the country. Tree Stumps will be gone when the dredge the channel for the up coming marina.
Then you’ll run into WhitePlains or Officer Beach at Barbers Point. A real play wave best in the winter with two heavy long paddle outside reefs that holds 10’ easy and barrels you won’t believe. Whiteplains is the waikiki of this side and the crowd is wall to wall and the water stinks of urine. The best high tide and small wave spot here. It’ll break when everywhere else is totally flat, This is your desperation spot.
Way down the road past Nimitz Beach by the coast guard station is a big wave spot called Swabbie Land. This is the Sunset Beach of the south shore but very crowded becasue of the quality of the wave. Definitely big tigershark land.
Like Roger said if you surf the park and there’s no swell a longboard will do. When it’s going off you’re gonna want a fast high performance big boy shorty. There’s a ton of great surfers here both longboard and short. Spend some time to get to know the regulars and you’ll become part of the oneula ohana in no time.
If you can gut the paddle and the psyche out from big tigers the outside reefs abosultely are the place to be to ride waves with the power of the northshore. We normally are just infested with hammerheads and reefs but if you see them and they tell you they are hungry get out until they can feed or payup like alot have out here.
The best times are dawn patrol till the sideshores kick in at 9AM (they always do) or late evening when the winds die. The least crowded times are 11AM till 2PM when the anvil hits. When the surf goes off the wind doesn’t matter you can surf all day long. Winter time we get small waves and cold offshores smoothing out the waves. Best tide is a rising plus 1. Max high and low are no good as witnessed by Keith and crew on saturday…
Haubush if you want to learn about bagging and want to tow in out here, get a hold of CMP.
Hey Roger
sorry I couldn’t make it today but my leg’s killing me
I hope you got some decent ones today…
I hear next weekend it’s supposed to be pretty good.
We definitely need to hook up one of these days I’d really like to surf with you guys and introduce you all to the crew…
Haubush if you want to hook up for more info, who’s who’s of the community, need equipment just PM me.