Exhibitions

    FIN • WALL • PROJECT The Surf Museum Hawaii FIN • WALL • PROJECT is a permanent and ever-growing exhibit featuring vintage surfboard fins from...

    Vintage Surf Contest Posters

      SMH has curated a number of important event posters from the late 1900s and early 2000s that feature surf contests in Hawaii. Below is a...

      Surf Craft Book Review

        We’ve moved the exhibit for Oahu hotels to a permanent page here.

        World Outlook Magazine Surfing Cover May 1920-2

          SMH has curated a number of important magazines, newspapers, and periodicals from the early 1900s that feature surfing in Hawaii on their covers. Condition varies,...

          Mark Cunningham Surfboard Fin Art

            Mark Cunningham is a former North Shore, Oahu, lifeguard and the world’s best bodysurfer. But over the last decade he has also gained renown as...

            Museum Hours

            Opening 2026

            Museum Location

            Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Oahu HI

            Welcome to the birthplace of surfing