The bay is easy to find. You go about as far around the south east shore of Maui as possible.La Perouse Bay is located at the end of Makena Alanui Road. Travel from Wailea on Wailea Alanui Road, the road turns into Makena Alanui Road and continues on past Ahihi Bay, keep going past Ahihi Bay for a few miles. When the road becomes a 4 wheel drive road you're there. Park where you can. There is parking by the ocean and more by the La Perouse Historical marker. Then you have to walk about 15 min south to get there.
If you hear there is a big south swell running head to the south east corner of Maui for a look. A friend and I surfed La Perouse Bay alone for an hour an 2 consecutive days before anyone else turned up. Then there was only a total of 5 in the water. On one of these days a ll said he had lived on Maui all his life and this was the best he had seen it.
Overview
Atmosphere
This area is remote, there is not much of a beach.
Sick
This place is sick on a good south swell. Long waits between sets, but worth it. Sketchy reef, bowling waves, apparently sharky but I have had no encounters, and usually empty due to the long walk.
comment by xav, 2006-09-08 18:06:37
honeymoon
never travel to surf destinations without your board and with your chick!!
comment by blacks local, 2006-05-22 01:43:31
unbelievable
stayed at the wailea and didn't bring my board 'cause it was my honeymoon and not cool to surf on your honeymoon especially when your chick is cool and let's you surf all the time. so, i cut her some slack and left the board at home. so, we're in maui and i'm bored with bodysurfing shorebreak at the wailea and at big beach so we drive south, onto the lava, and hike. I ALMOST SHIT MYSELF. la perouse looked double overhead, peeling offshore, nobody out and i wanted to cry. never saw it before, never heard of it before, until running into it by chance. Talked to a couple locals and they said it is straight legit. Looked kinda gnarly. Bummed that I found it on this site as it's now advertised. But I'll be back. It looked so majestic and awesome. Remote and spiritual. I will definitely surf this place and when I do, I will thank the hawaiian Gods and hug all the locals. Because for sure, there aren't too many spots like this one on the planet. And I've been to a few. Nothing like this. Big, bad, and beautiful. Can't wait. Much love to the locals there. From, Blacks Local. PS. I'm not bringing anybody but myself. Just out of respect.
comment by Koki, 2007-07-02 11:13:29