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Kona Mike’s Surf Adventures Ohana Surf Lesson: the operator’s most-booked format, run as a private group lesson.
Price: $169.00 per adult, ages 11+, two adults required · $210.00 for a private lesson, ages 10 and under · confirm current rates at booking
Duration: allow around two hours
Island: Big Island (Kailua-Kona)
Best for: Families and pairs wanting a private lesson with flexible start times
Booking: instant confirmation.
WHAT THE LESSON INVOLVES
‘Ohana means family, and the format is built around that: a private group lesson rather than a mixed class, so the instructor works with your party alone. The operator lists it as their most popular booking.
Two pricing paths run side by side. The $169 adult rate applies to surfers aged 11 and over, and requires two adults to book. The $210 rate covers a private lesson for children aged 10 and under, where the child is paired with a personal instructor rather than folded into a group.
WHY THE START TIMES MATTER
Six departures run daily: 7:00am, 8:45am, 10:30am, 12:15pm, 2:00pm and 3:45pm. That is unusually flexible for Kona, where most schools run two or three slots, and it means a surf lesson can be fitted around a volcano day or a morning snorkel rather than defining the whole day.
Early slots are the better surf. Trade winds build through the day along this coast and put texture on the water, so the 7:00am and 8:45am classes are generally the cleanest.
PRICING
$169.00 per adult with two adults required, or $210.00 for a private child lesson for ages 10 and under. Verified against FareHarbor, September 2026. Confirm current rates at booking.
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
– Two adults are required to book at the $169 rate
– The $169 rate applies to ages 11 and over
– Children aged 10 and under book the $210 private lesson with a personal instructor
– Six daily start times: 7:00am, 8:45am, 10:30am, 12:15pm, 2:00pm, 3:45pm
– Morning slots are generally cleaner before the trade winds build
WHO IT IS FOR
Families and pairs who want private coaching and need it to fit around the rest of the day. If you are one adult travelling alone, the two-adult minimum rules this out — book a 1:1 course on this coast instead.
WHO ARE KONA MIKE’S?
Kona Mike’s are a Kailua-Kona surf school teaching at Kahalu’u Bay, the most reliable beginner break on the Big Island’s west coast. What sets them apart from the other schools on this coast is scheduling: six start times a day, from 7:00am to 3:45pm, when most operators run two or three. If your Kona days are already committed to the volcano or a manta snorkel, Kona Mike’s is usually the school that still has a slot.
HOW THE KONA MIKE’S LESSON IS PRICED
– $169.00 per adult aged 11 and over, with two adults required to book at that rate
– $210.00 for a private lesson for children aged 10 and under
– Roughly 1 hour 45 minutes in a private group format rather than a mixed class
The six daily start times are 7:00am, 8:45am, 10:30am, 12:15pm, 2:00pm and 3:45pm. Morning slots are generally cleaner, because the trade winds build through the day.
BROWSE MORE
Browse more Big Island watersports, or see everything we run on Hawaii Island. New to surfing? Read what actually happens in a first surf lesson. Weighing up Kona lessons and rentals? Read surfing on the Big Island. Also see our guide to the Big Island with kids.
