Kai Sallas' Pro Surf School Hawaii — Attraction in Honolulu

i had a 2hour private lesson with Noa.

When I texted the shop that I had arrived, it was 2:45. (I was told to come by 2:45 to checkin). When I got in the water with him, it was 2:55.

I had a good time in water with him but when it was 4:25 he said time was up and the lesson ended. We I was out of water, it was 4:30 precisely, he was gone.

My wife came up saying why did the lesson finish so early but I didnt have time with me so didnt realise yet.

We went to Noa to ask him if he had mistaken the time, he said finishing half an hour early is normal and 95% of customers would choose to finish after 90 minutes. He said I was ridiculous (Noa said you guys are being ridiculous over ten times) and why we were so sensitive about the time. He also said there were not much waves and there was no point to stay longer in the water.

We first suggested about 30 min lesson credit to come back tomorrow morning before our flight back to Sydney. He said that is ridiculous and we don’t do that kind of staff.

I told him that I wanted to talk to someone in the office then he said okay then i will give you $50 back, but I don’t even get paid $50 for the lesson so what about $20 back? We questioned him now you seem to understand $50 is worth something. This is the point where he got emotional that he started to swear(f word and more).

Although we received $50 back, I was so dumbfounded at his logic that if we enjoyed the time in the water it is not a problem to end early. I mean I paid over $200 usd for this lesson and how can he say it is so trivial matter that we should not talk about? (He also mentioned that why are you guys so sensitive about the time? Didn’t you enjoy the time?)

After a good time in the water we felt really horrible arguing over 5 minutes to someone who thought everything was okay and I was the weird one complaining.

I first reached out the office about the matter to resolve but other than ‘my apologies and Noa is a sweet guy he wouldn’t have done that’ and no further reply.

Our last day in hawaii was ruined being sworn by a young surfing instructor.

I don’t remember writing a review like this but definitely not recommending this place if you want to learn how to surf as a tourist in Hawaii. They do not value what...

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