Apr 8, 2026
Wonderful Instructors - Great Time! - My daughter and I did the surf lessons and the instructors were all great. She is 11 and did not get to stand up the first day so we booked again and got the instructor she thougth she'd do best with and she got up her second day!
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Apr 3, 2026
Included swim shoes, rash... - Included swim shoes, rash guards, instruction, surfboard. Safe, fun & relaxed. Maholo to the team for making it a fun day!
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Apr 1, 2026
Amazing experience Shawn, Azure, Christin!!! - We had the most amazing experience with ISA surf. our 3 teenage boys were all smiles the entire time. Shawn and Azure gave great instructions, Christin captured every wonderful moment in pics. Lifetime memories!!!
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Mar 30, 2026
Great Instructor - Shawn was great! My son, husband and I all had a great experience! He was super patient and so encouraging! Such a fun day! The entire crew was so great! Highly recommend!
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Mar 27, 2026
A trip highlight 🏄♀️🤙🌺 - Hands down one of the BEST experiences we had in Maui!
We did the semi-private surf lesson at Ka’anapali Beach with Island Style Adventures, and it was absolutely unreal from start to finish. If you’re even thinking about trying surfing—go for it. And do it with this crew!
Nick was super easy to reach, and helped us reschedule our lesson when the weather didn’t behave. Shawn and Aldo were next-level instructors. Super laid-back, incredibly patient, and just the right mix of encouraging and technical. They made it feel safe, fun, and honestly way easier than I expected. Everyone in our group was up riding waves, and the vibes were pure aloha the whole time. On the ride back to our hotel, our 12 and 14 yo boys were saying “bro I LOVED those guys!” 🙌😌
And Christin—WOW. Not only was she so kind and easygoing, but the photos she captured are priceless. She somehow caught all the best moments (even the ones we didn’t realize were happening), and now we have incredible memories we can actually see forever.
What really stood out was how personal the whole experience felt. It never felt rushed or overly “touristy.” Just good people who love what they do and want you to have the best time possible.
If you’re in Maui and want something fun, memorable, and totally Hawaiian—this is it.
10/10 would book again in a heartbeat. Mahalo to the whole crew for such an awesome experience!
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Mar 27, 2026
A MUST BOOK EXPERIENCE! 3 kids ages 8, 11, 13 raved about it & the instructors weee FANTASTIC!! - Absolutely phenomenal experience. Ricardo & Kingston helped our 3 kids so well, ages 8, 11 & 13. Nick was so easy to work with & really impressed us. It was such a personalized experience tailored on the spot to our kids, who are all so different. One of our kids would need a little extra TLC & we were unsure how they’d like surfing. Every single kid was ALL SMILES & raving about when can we go again. It felt very safe, which was importantly to us. 100% ABSOLUTELY book this experience. The kids liked this better than snorkeling, ziplining or swimming in the pool! THANK YOU NICK, KINGSTON & RICARDO for making the trip so special.
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Jan 2, 2026
Excellent staff - Wonderful staff, everyone had a blast (group ages 10-16). Would recommend to anyone traveling to Maui who wants to learn how to surf!
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Nov 29, 2025
Great experience! - Great experience and instruction for my teens. Beautiful location, although parking is expensive. Both of my teens got up and each had 5-10 second runs with one lessons
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Apr 9, 2026
For a 5'4", 120 lbs... - For a 5'4", 120 lbs woman, the ideal surfboard depends on skill level: beginners should start on a 7'0" to 8'0" foam surfboard - the web, this outlet put me on 11’ surfboard I can hardly move, did not catch any waves, kids did ok
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Oct 2, 2025
Waste of time, wouldn’t call this a lesson - This was a complete waste of time - I was so excited to try this surfing lesson, but it was a lousy experience overall and frankly felt unsafe.
To start, the instructions to meet the instructor were wrong: after struggling to find parking in a crowded shopping center, I wandered up and down the beach looking for the umbrella they said in their instructions. It was nowhere to be found, and I had to ask several people if they knew where it was. Finally, I found the instructor who was sitting in an obscure spot on the corner, clearly not looking for anyone. It seems like he was hoping I couldn’t find him and maybe forfeit the lesson. He pulled a wet rash guard out of a backpack and said to put it on. This was pretty gross and unsanitary. We spent all of 5 minutes on the beach “learning” and went out to pretty deep water. I expressed that it didn’t feel safe as this was my first time trying to surf, and he’d said this was a rocky/coral area. However, the instructor (Reid) kept saying to go out further. I went with it and tried to call him to ask for instruct
Ion but he ignored me and kept going. When I was knocked off my board by a pretty big choppy wave (again, I had no idea how to even balance while paddling out), the instructor didn’t look out for me at all. I tried to ask for help and instruction on how to balance/ride with the waves, but he didn’t give me any info. He just kept going and seemed amused when I’d inhaled salt water after taking a big tumble. I struggled to get back on my board without any guidance, and again without instruction at all. I feel like a YouTube video would have provided me with more info.
As I told him, I’m sure all of this was easy for him, but as I was there for a beginner lesson, I wanted to actually learn something while being safe. I felt very unsafe and said I wanted to go back to the shore to recompose. After heading back, I asked again if we could go to try some small waves, and I didn’t need to even get up onto a wave if it was too high. He said we’d need to go out further than last time towards some pretty big waves (probably about 4 feet). I asked again how to manage when large waves come, and basically was told to go with it. We went out again but I didn’t feel safe going out as far as he wanted - it looked like experienced surfers were in that spot with big waves, and without much instruction and feeling like the instructor wouldn’t really help if something went wrong (as he already had not), I asked that we not go further.
After a few minutes, I said let’s call it a wrap early. This was a complete waste of time, and did not make me feel safe at all. Unfortunately, I would not recommend this experience to anyone.
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