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Best Windsurfing on Maui is at Hookipa Beach in Big Waves
July 6, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
If you want to watch Windsurfing in Maui go to Hookipa Beach on Maui’s North Shore.
Maui offers world-class golf courses, amazing waves for surfing and some of the best snorkeling spots in the world.
It’s also a Mecca for windsurfers who flock to Hookipa Beach to get the best waves and the full benefit of the North East Trade Winds that blow constantly to keep Maui cool.
Hookipa Beach Park is where the best windsurfers in the world gather to test their skills and compete against each other. This beach is ideal for windsurfing because it features some truly powerful waves along with forceful winds.
The name Hookipa means “hospitality,” and the beach truly provides that to local windsurfers. The surf here can become thunderous in the Winter months, and that means one thing to the locals and visitors alike: wonderful windsurfing conditions.
Combine that powerful surf with a steady flow of strong winds, and it’s no surprise that Hookipa is renowned as a windsurfing oasis.
On any windy afternoon, tourists on the road to Hana – on which this beach sits – can stop and watch dozens of windsurfers skimming the ocean waters.
Hookipa Beach has rightly earned fame as one of the favored spots of windsurfers. It’s not surprising, then, that the beach has been home to several world-championship windsurfing contests throughout the years.
The beach itself is a pleasant place to take a break, too. It features picnic tables, pavilions, restrooms, a shower and a barbecue area.
If you are traveling the road to Hana and you can see the multi-colored sails of windsurfers leaving the shore and speeding into the distance, why not stop your car and take in the fun?
And if you are a windsurfer yourself? You already know that you owe it to yourself to make a stop at Hookipa Beach Park whenever you’re visiting Maui.
It’s the best place for windsurfing in the world!
