Three Students Per Instructor at a Roadside Lahaina Surf Break

A two-hour lesson on a highway-shoulder break south of Lahaina, booked as your own group of three to twelve.

Catch your first wave at a Lahaina surf break.

Private here describes the group. You book the whole lesson for the people you bring, and it takes at least three of them to run. Twelve is the ceiling. Everyone in the water needs to be ten or older.

Two hours is the whole booking, and the first stretch of it happens on the sand. Ocean awareness, surf etiquette, safety and the pop-up all get covered before anyone paddles out. The rest of the time is spent in the water, with one instructor for every three students.

A soft-top board, a long-sleeve rash guard and water shoes come with the booking. Towels, sunscreen and drinking water are yours to bring.

2 Hour Private Group Surf Lesson in Lahaina MauiKeep It Simple Hawaii Surf School · 120 minutes · ages 10 and upwww.viator.com

Where the Lesson Actually Starts

There is no shopfront and no pier. The meeting point is a stretch of West Maui shoreline the operator calls The Guardrails, just south of Mile Marker 19 on Highway 30, halfway between Puamana Beach Park and Launiupoko Beach Park.

Parking is the mountainside shoulder of the highway, beside a white Ford F-150. From there you cross the road on foot, and check-in happens on the sand.


Who the Two Hours Are Built For

The age floor on this listing is ten. Children between five and nine need a one-on-one lesson, which the operator states as a safety rule. The listing marks the two hours suitable for all physical fitness levels.

Two groups are advised against booking: travellers with spinal injuries, and pregnant travellers. Instruction is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian.


Settle the Waiver Before You Drive Out

The waiver is an online form, and the operator asks for it ahead of the lesson. Filling it in the night before saves standing on the shoulder of Highway 30 with a phone.

Cancelling at least 24 hours ahead returns the full amount. Booking stays open until the start time itself, and confirmation comes back immediately.


Three Students to an Instructor

Three students to an instructor is the number the whole format rests on. In the water it means someone is close enough to push a board into a wave at the right moment, and close enough to say what went wrong on the ride before.

The lesson holds 4.98 across 153 reviews. That figure belongs to this two-hour listing alone, collected from people who booked exactly it.

You hand the board back on the same patch of sand where you checked in, two hours after crossing the road.

📍 The Guardrails, Highway 30 south of Mile Marker 19, Lahaina

Launiupoko Beach Park and Puamana Beach Park sit on either side of that stretch, close enough to make an afternoon of it.

Ask Karpo for more information.