Hawaii, the Big Island

Hawaii's Big Island is 93 miles long, 76 miles wide, and covers nearly 4,050 square miles—about twice the combined size of the remaining Hawaiian islands. Relative to the rest of the island chain, Hawaii is a quiet and out-of-the-way place to surf, with far fewer breaks per square mile than Oahu, Maui, or Kauai, and lacking even a single high-profile spot to compare with Pipeline (Oahu), Honolua B...