Honua Finals: The World Cup of Interscholastic Surfing
High school teams from around the world. World-class surf. One champion.
IT’S ON! We’re on for Saturday and Sunday (August 2 and 3, 2025) at Ala Moana Bowls! First heat starts at 8am Hawai’i time!
Two-day, international high school surf championship will be streamed around the world! Powered by Livestream Hawai’i (@LivestreamHawaii).
Live Scoring on LiveHeats:
www.liveheats.com/events/313052
INSTAGRAM HERE
Get ready for this 2-day comp known as the “World Cup of Interscholastic Surfing”…
Note: The surf will be more than ready. In fact, Friday will have the biggest surf for any contest along South Shores in years. It will be challenging, thrilling and dangerous (Thursday-Friday is the peak and well above advisory thresholds). Surf will be more manageable at 4-6′ Saturday and 2-4′ Sunday according to SNN.
The successful debut last year kicked off an awesome tradition that’s sure to lasting and have high impact!
Davin Kazama, is the organizer of the Honua Finals as well as his daughters Sunny and Maia, who were motivated for several reasons. One objective was giving surfing the platform to become an “official” high school sport. Just this month on July 16th, the HHSA (Hawai‘i High School Athletic Association) officially sanctioned surfing, with the state championships scheduled for Spring 2026. It was in May that Gov. Josh Green passed House Bill 133, proposing funding needed for ‘Interscholastic Surfing’ programs.
“It’s been super fulfilling. We wanted to help usher in and unify the community voice for surfing to become a high school sport and that happened, and that’s incredible. I’m so happy about that,” Davin Kazama told Aloha State Daily on Friday. “Another one of the goals was to bring international competition and talent to Hawai‘i, because it’s very expensive for Hawaii kids to go out and compete. So for that all to come to fruition, I’m just very happy for the kids, and just so thankful to our community.”
High schools competing in the 2025 Honua Finals:
King Kekaulike High School (Maui)
Hawai‘i Academy of Arts & Sciences (Big Island)
Hosho High School (Japan)
‘Iolani (O‘ahu)
Island School (Kaua‘i)
Kahuku High School (O‘ahu)
Kaiser High School (O‘ahu)
Kalani High School (O‘ahu)
Kamehameha (O‘ahu)
Kapa‘a High School (Kaua‘i)
Kaua‘i High School (Kaua‘i)
Ke Kula ‘o Samuel M. Kamakau (‘Oahu)
Kīhei Charter School (Maui)
Kugenuma High School (Japan)
Le Jardin Academy (O‘ahu)
Leilehua High School (O‘ahu)
Maui Christian Academy (Maui)
Maui Preparatory Academy (Maui)
Mito Shogyou High School (Japan)
Pacific Buddhist Academy (O‘ahu)
Punahou School (O‘ahu)
Seabury Hall (Maui)
Waialua High School (O‘ahu)
Wai‘anae High School (O‘ahu)
Whangamata Area School (New Zealand)
