Me too. I vacationed twice in Hi years ago. I wasn’t blown away by the beaches, golf and certainly not the food. It was a very expensive vacation to boot. Long air flights. The only two memories I took away was renting a motorcycle and riding around Kauai and surfing lessons on Christmas day at Hanalei Bay.
Rented a Harley and toured Kauai on it too.....loved Hawaii, stunningly beautiful, but no desire to hang out there or return.....
Never noticed any surf at Hanalei..