Waikiki Hotels Next to Surf Breaks

if you are on the beach at waikiki, all the hotels are near breaks
the illikai is kinda sick, right in front of a bunch of breaks, kitchenette rooms too, lil pricey, but all waikiki is a wallet drainer....also, eye candy galore
also, fox and hound dive bar, laundry, and arcade (all in one!) is across the street

 

Never been to Waikiki, but I have gotten decent boards on the islands at the every shop I have been to. It's not like the east coast. Hawaii respects the surf culture and finding a decent board at any shop will be no problem. Just google the nearest shop to your hotel once you pick one and call them in advance. The other option would be to find a shop closer to the airport, for ease of pickup and drop off... All the shops rent roof racks too, so I wouldn't recommend and convertible unless you only plan on walking to the break every time.

Or why don't you try that quiver.com website and let us know how it goes. Inquiring minds want to know.

 

You can just walk down to the beach in Waikiki and rent fiberglass longboards from beach vendors. Easy as forking out a $20 bill for a 2 hour rental and leaving a copy of your drivers license or collateral. Look for the Duke K. statue. there are several board rentals right there.

 

Oh wife and kids. Bummer.

Was gonna tell you to crash at any of the hostels on Lemon Alley. Wake up in a haze, wash down some peanut butter toast with terrible coffee watching CNN late-night on the common tv, walk a block to paddle out at Queens, walk the other way to Kaisers or Ala Moana. Surf yourself stupid all day. Crystal clear water. Maybe hop a bus to Sandy's or somewhere else. Get some cup ramen or something and beer to refuel back at the hostel, post up with whoever's hitting the clubs. Wake up in somebody else's room. Rinse and repeat.

Waikiki is awesome in your low-20's. Don't stay for more than a few weeks or you'll turn into a pumpkin.

 

waikiki banyan resort..
close to beach.marketplace...zoo...grocery stores..hand hedelmans surf shop for rentals..
usually $15-20/day...$$85/week
kitchen with cooking ware, rice cooker, etc...outdoor bbq area..on the 6th floor,
pools playground for kids...
3 elevators( one is a freight one..which for surfboards...fits a 10')
when we aren't staying with family in eva bch..we stay there...
never a bad visit ever

 

Been there several times on business and have brought the fam a couple of times. I stay at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Plenty to see and do there with lots of aloha, but can be pricey. Resort is right in front of Kaiser and Ala Moano.

Dan Lopez at Hawaii Surfboard Rentals will deliver anywhere on the island. Good selection and the prices are decent. Have used him several times.

 

If you're going to do that, you're going to spend some cabbage. As one poster noted, it's inevitable that you're gonna cough it up in Waikiki. If you're going to spend some cabbage, do it right.

aka The Royal Hawaiian.

Timeless quality, Hawaiian to its bones, a total throwback of when-class-really was-class & staying in a hotel was something special. The rooms facing the mountainside are, IMHO, just as cool as the oceanfront rooms.
Request a room in the original, older wing of the hotel, not in the newer tower. Friendly staff, professional service.

They have a surfboard storage room in the basement. No charge for guests. Just park your board there, it's secure, and go get it when you're ready to surf again. Walk out the back veranda, go a few steps down the beach & paddle out. Great outdoor seating in lounge chairs on and near the beach for the fam to hang out.

The hotel was gutted & renovated only a few years ago. If you have spg points, you can book for 20k points per night. Well worth it.

Also stayed at the Westin Moana Beach Surfrider. Eh, it's a Westin. Nice but huge, impersonal & not-great. And if you do stay at the Westin, don't take a room over the courtyard: noisy at night with yelling people.

BTW, on a side note if you haven't been to Waikiki before, prepare to believe that Japan won WWII & took the islands. Because the hordes of Japanese tourists running around is unreal. It's apparently a huge destination for Japanese couples to host their weddings.

 

For your rental, check out Koa Board Sports on Koa Street (coincidentally!) which is only a block off of the beach behind the Hyatt. Much better board quality, selection and prices than what you will get on the sand and you can trade in for another whenever you want to.

 

I rented boards from Moku Surf Shop. They had a decent amount of boards for a rental place. Mostly LBs from what I remember. Some were NSP-type boards, others were poly/glass. Very convenient location one or two blocks from the beach, and they let you switch out boards if you don't like them. They guy who ran the place was from my home break, go figure.

All the boards I saw being rented on the beach were foamies or beat-up NSPs.

 

Most of this advice is really good. I've stayed in Waikiki no less than 15 times and will be there again in July for work. My advice is find a package deal. There are plenty. Look on google maps to find prox to the beach. 2-4 blocks is a really quick walk. Partial ocean view is usually good. Waikiki can be loud at night. South end of Waikiki is good because walking distance to the zoo and directly across from Queens. The Royal hotel is truly old school. Right on beach which is good and bad cause roadside noise is a bit much. Kona brewerly or Dukes rest/bars are always happening for eve drinks.not stop fun summer surf. A bad day at Queens is long knee to waist peelers. Have fun.

 

Second the Hilton Hawaiian Village for the family although it can be a little pricey. I got a deal on a 1-BR with my parents timeshare that was crazy cheap. Otherwise, can be expensive. Right on top of a few spots and can scope many spots if you have an ocean view room. Your wife and kids will be fine there just your wallet will be destroyed. Personally, I wouldn't spend more than a few days in Waikiki. But the two times that I have been were during the winter and was itching to get out of town and head north.

View from one of the towers

 

Hilton Hawaiian. We go to Oahu every winter. Stay on NS for a week then Waikiki for a week. Wife and son really enjoy this hotel. Lots for them to do and I can go surf guilt free for hours. My son surfs as we'll but he is an east coast grom thus better suited to surf on south shore.

 

Hawaii is Japan's Mexico.

 

conquest didn't work but outright purchase did...

 

If you can afford the Hilton, you have your answer. The times I went down there I just stayed in ****ty hostels.