I moved to O'ahu at age 10, almost 11 (in 1985) and was taken straight to Sandy's by a neighbor. After getting drilled on 2 or 3 waves and having a bloody nose, the lifeguard came out and said, "You have no business here. Go to Waikiki, then Ala Moana, then Diamond Head and then you can come back after when you know what you're doing." By high school I was dawn-patrolling Sandy's on Saturday mornings. (Now I'm landlocked in the middle of the US and only get to watch waves on KZfaq.) Great review Zeke.

Zeke your PSA will save countless of kook lives, mahalo brah.

Discussing pecking orders = 10/10 content. Every other surfer avoids this. Thank you. All of us non-Hawaiian people are just curious about it to be honest. I live in Atlanta and we've never even surfed other than Florida a few times, so the whole thing is cool and interesting to us. All of the local how's, why's, and do's/don'ts are legitimately interesting. It'd be dope if on the super popular spots you'd tell us where you and the other famous surfers exist on the line up and whether or not you burn each other, etc.

Paddle out, smile, be respectful, wait your turn, look, do not drop in, REPEAT

This is legit the single best "spot discussion" I have ever watched. So much knowledge, and the knowledge is relevant to actual surf and local culture. Well done, man. Seriously, 10/5 video.

Aloha Zeke...your excellent O'ahu South Shore Surf Spot Review was totally unexpected...it was especially cool to hear your take on each of the spots, using a 5-Star rating system...Mahalo

fantastic video. much needed!

Awesome tour, thanks!..

Thank you for this breakdown! Really helpful!

Thank you for keeping me inspired and informed!

I love watching these types of vlogs - so much to know and what a great breakdown. Zeke is a beast

Thanks for the overview! Great knowledge

Good to come across this vid, Zeke. Makes me homesick big time. Stay great - go get some - Aloha!

forgot you was gonna drop a vid today! thanks for this one especially

Mr Lau - outstanding editing and commentary - sometime do same for north shore breaks for summer visitors

perfect explanation of pecking orders. Love this video, thanks for putting in the time to do this.

This is so cool!!! And love the personal history ❤️❤️❤️

Glad I found your channel. Probably the best video laying out town surf spots. You'll find me in Waikiki still cutting my teeth but always looking forward to the day I can get out on my own to less crowded spots. As a newcomer to O'ahu I appreciate specifically the pecking order. I never want to put myself or others in a situation where I'm out of place. Mahalo!

That was a really great breakdown🤙 Appreciated

Excellent, excellent vlog!!!

Mahalo for keeping all the best town spots under wraps 🤙

Awesome video; thanks for the break down off the south shore!

this is gold Zeke - thank you

Great review of the South Shore surf spots and all their specific aspects.A professional presentation.

That was excellent Zeke, great instructional video on those waves including the appropriate warnings, explained very politely. It should be included in a surf Hawaii video.

Thanks for the breakdown!!!

Love these kinda vids zeke shaka 🤙🏿

Love the explanation of the O'ahu south shore break architecture. Aloha E.L.

Great job Ezekiel! I give this installment a 5 out of 5!

This is a great overview as prep for my first visit in October. Thanks!

Thank you so much for this I will be in the south shore in 4 weeks. This is so helpful

Loved this!!! Very informative. Yups, I definitely avoid that pecking order area. Thanks for information. 🤙🏽

love these kind of surfing videos wish there were more like it. Awesome video man.

This was cool thanks 🙏

Sick man love it

One of the best videos .. thanks for putting this together .. grew up kapahulu area 40 years ago..watching your video, beings me back .. good times. Aloha!

I loved the term “ redirected” out of the line up. Zeke for President! You got the perfect wAy of communicating important info in a civilized manner.

Mate that was a fantastic and refreshing perspective on the South shore, thanks for sharing it! Mahalo 🙏🏽🏄🏻🌺

The best video on the South Shore breaks. Excellent camera work, editing and titles too. Loved it.

Mahalo. Such good info, and great vibe in sharing 🤙🏾

Thanks Zeke, I love the little insight into the history and how the spots got their names. Respect Hawaiians the chosen for this culture and sport.

I like this style of video where you are giving advice. Its super useful. Thanks!

love the respect to the elders....and discussing the pecking order. need more of this in surf content these days...this vid made me respect.u

Excellent break down 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Thanks very much. That was good fun. Feel like I just had a personal, insightful tour of Town. Cheers from Sandy Eggo.

Very informative especially for novice surfers like me. Mahalo!

Very useful video from one of the best! 👍 montage and informations are great, thank you 🙏🏼

Great Vid, excellent info, Mahalo.

Amazing Ezekiel great insite for when i visit your Home state

Love these videos

Thanks. Very informative.

awesome video Zeke !!!!

Sick episode with a great explanation. Love Diamond Head and Queens. This will definitely help a lot of people to have fun in the water! Mahalo, Zeke🤙🏼

very cool Brutha love the info and insights from a true local

Thanks Zeke for the review. Please allow me to add that courts has an expansive pecking order. The hoard of locals on the main peak has a website, charity drive, golf tournament, Christmas party, and summer BBQ. The numerous uncles (and aunties) out the back have 10-foot boards and surf 7 days/week. Now add 10 or 20 highly skilled and local SUPs that surf there every day, a niche of native Hawaiians, and a tight crew of talented shortboarders on the inside (especially if there is a bump). They all know each other, and they will know right away that you are a traveler. I’ve been surfing there nearly every day (April through October) since 1998, I am reasonably skilled, friendly, polite yet assertive, and even after 24 years I’m still quite junior. With the heavy crowds, I'm mostly getting scraps. Just for example, I’ve even seen locals violently ousted, chased out, humiliated, and forever banned for things like “calling off uncle” who went in front of them (OMG don't EVER do that!). As a transplant, it’s not my place to welcome or dissuade you as a traveler, nor will I pull the lame "I’ve been here longer” card. If you come to courts and you take turns, I will be honored to share my scraps with you. But I humbly recommend that you do not choose Honolulu as a summer surf trip destination. It’s packed and it’s local. You would have a more relaxing time by choosing Malibu for a surf trip. I would rent a board and paddle on out if you are here with the family or for other reasons, though. Best bet for all of Honolulu is 3rd shift after 11am when the retirees are done and everyone else is at work. Winds are often offshore all day, but wear sun protection.

Great vdo... I not surfed Hawaii since 1997 but it brought back memories of my trips..

Great review! This should be part of the safety video each airline shows for arriving passengers.

Mahalos for da video brah. Spent my 20s and early 30s (back in the 70s & 80s) surfing town. Great to see someone who knows da spots talking about 'em.

Great vid. You should make a North Shore video, or even windward side. Like Makapu’u and stuff, I’m really wanting to work my way up to bigger waves. I’ve only really surfed at Castles and Bellows.

❤ cool explanation and information of your home breaks. thank you :)

This is awesome, thanks! Can you do one on the north shore spots?

Damn good review zeke. I’m from CA and queens is one of my favorite spots in the world, killer commentary on pecking order, if you don’t know what you’re doing, play at Canoes (which is also one of my favorites)

Excellant video about the surf on S.Shore...

Thanks for showing what you showed😉

Nice informative video from a seasoned surfer. Good content.

Great video, I’m going to Hawaii in a week. This is a dope ass breakdown and intro. I’ll make it to Oahu now. New subscriber 🙌🏾

Thanks Zeke, this has been super helpful this week surfing our way around Oahu as a family. Staying at a condo at Ilikai we are looking right at AM Bowls and Kaiser’s. we had Queens uncrowded, just some friendly locals and turtles. Got Lani’s, Rockpiles and Rocky point on the North Shore, something for all of us.

thanks for the post. made me homesick, but happy too

Thank you. This is great. I am from New Jersey and surf here. I saved for past few years so I can get vacation in Hawaii where I hope to surf a lot. Again thanks and this is super helpful.

I really enjoyed the breakdown of the waves on different beaches, as well as the very nuanced rating system and explanation of the rules and factors. For the final segment, I especially appreciated the safety warnings on beach break waves for bodyboarders and bodysurfers. I'm both of those -- I would love to see a segment from you, or a guest on your channel, about what it took to be able to get enough experience and technique to do those beach break waves, and whether even experts still get hurt in those conditions. I think of the Hawaiian beach break bodysurf contests, which are amazing to those of us who fear beach break and won't go out in it. Understanding what is going on to not get injured would be great content.

Thanks for the great video! I surf a lot in So Cal, but am visiting Oahu for the first time this summer. Super nice to learn where I can surf without getting in the locals way besides beginner spots like waikiki

I've been away for thirty years. This video brought back some great memories. Much Mahalo

Thank you Zeke! Very informative. I just moved to Oahu from Cali for the rest of the year

Great video brah🤙🏽

damn! great vid/content! I'm excited AND scared … all in one! Mahalo! 🤙🤙

Nice video. You're a great South Shore ambassador. Thank you.

Great laying it out never did south side always hit winter make me wish I did summer surf.

Very good job covering the south shore. Couple small knooks and crannies, past cliffs and around BP not mentioned. Good presentation !

Awesome!

Love thisl Thank you! Now trying to figure out which break would you recommend for a long board thats a fun, easy, wave for a beginner without a line up with no wind.

love it canoes and queens 5out of 5 and keep all the smiley faces over there haha even I'm prbly one of em just comming to the island more often haha

This is great

Seeing those spots bring a lot of nice memories from my time there in 88! Pecking orders sound the same now as then :)

Never surfed, into other board sports. This video auto played and hooked me with the info, felt like being taught a new language

Great commentary Ezekiel.. From NZ have checked most of these spots on my first trip to Hawaii not knowing their names .. had a few fun waves .. at different spots . I Found you give big respect an sit your turn the local older Hawaiian guys were super friendly and inviting ..

Zeke, this video is so good and useful. I think the convention and visitor's bureau should hire you. I love surfing but mainly as a spectator. Sandy beach is my favorite spot to watch the Uncles having fun so effortlessly in waves that would injure others. The name I always heard it called was Break Neck Beach, I think it was well earned. Too bad some people don't realize that you skipped places for a reason. Love watching you surf in so many tournaments. Much respect! Mahalo

this tour was honestly one of the best man its sick for someone who's never been there

Mahalo for the tour, was informative. Being from Waianae, I enjoyed surfing town because variety of spots. Also when pau surf, can walk to get something to eat real fast. 🤙🤙🤙

Māhalo Zeke for the Town and South Shore surf spot tour and māhalo nui for skipping a lot of the in-between, semi-secret spots that mostly only real townies know about, LOL 😛🤙 pono

Nice review. Growing up in Hawaii Kia, Sandy Beach was our go to bodysurfing spot, but totally agree Sandy Beach is not for the beginner or even occasional bodysurfer. Drive a little further more to Makapuu, your survival rate will be better.

Cheeeeee Braddah!! Mean Da Info 💪🏾🤙🏾

This was so useful. I live north shore so it was so good to get a break down of all the waves and how localized they all are. You should do a north shore and windward breakdown. I feel like alot of the time people just don't know where they should be surfing and these types of things help

Great vid! I surfed Rockpiles Rights every day for two weeks in 2015. Had a ball!

Great info, many thanks

Big respect from guam 🇬🇺.

My uncle and cousin's been surfing bowls since small kid time that wave is cherreh, but you right about watching out for da uncles 😂know your surfing etiquette folks.Mahalo for keeping some other spots on the DL haha chee right on kanak! 🤙🏾

Bruddah Zeke, mahalos! Can you please do one for da west side? This video was so informative. I appreciate you 🤙🏽

Ahh so threes was the spot I surfed the first time I went to Oahu. Caught some sick lil rights & lefts out there. Awesome content Zeke! Thanks for reliving those memories for me cuz. Chur

Good job, my boy! I was born and raised in Haleiwa-Waialua (HaleWai) and I appreciate your analysis very much! 10/10 fo your! 🏄🏾‍♂️🏄🏾‍♂️🏄🏾‍♂️🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

awesome Zeke thanks planing to go back there son!!!!!