Pe'ahi (pronounced "pay-aaah-hee") is a small area on the northcentral shore on the island of Maui in the U.S. state of Hawaii, which is best known for its big wave surfing area, Jaws. It is roughly three miles north of Paia on Hana highway. The wave sizes (which can exceed 60 feet during the winter months) attract big wave surfers such as Laird Hamilton and Dave Kalama using the tow-in surfing method of big wave surf riding they co-invented (with Darrick Doerner and Buzzy Kerbox).
Photos taken by Jesse Inslee on 12/7/09 in what was described as a 30 year swell.
