Fred Hemmings Jr. (born January 9, 1946) is an American surfer, author, businessman, and politician.

Born and raised in Hawaii, Fred Hemmings attended Punahou school where he was co- captain of the Honolulu league championship football team in 1964.

Hemmings retired from competition and created the first major pro surfing events including the Pipeline Masters, 1971.

Hemmings is credited with the founding of Papahanaumokuakea the world largest marine sanctuary created by presidential Executive order by President George W. Bush.

Hemmings was born on January 9, 1946, to Fred Sr. who was of English, Irish, French, Indian ancestry was originally from New York City and came to Hawaii in 1922 and Lilian Frietas Hemmings, who was of Portuguese extraction, whose ancestors came to Hawaii to work on a sugarcane plantation in 1883.

He continued to enter surfing contests taking him as far as Peru, where he won the Peruvian International Championship.

[5] With dedicated persistence and corporate sponsorship backing the events, surfing competitions at legendary North Shore sites established a strong following and gained a national audience.

All the major television networks took notice and broadcast the surfing events Hemmings produced nationally.

"[5] In 2010, he was invited by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company to attend the Rip Curl Pro Search 2010, where he was honored for his 1968 championship.

[6] In 2018 the Puerto Rico Tourist bureau hosted a week long festival in Rincon, PR for the 50th anniversary of the World Surfing Championships.

Appointed by Governor Ige 2014-15) Commissioner, Hawaii Commemorative Quarter Advisory Commission, Appointed by Governor Lingle (2006–2007) Rincon Puerto Rico Surfing Walk of Fame, inducted 2018 Fred Hemmings has four children: son Heath, Daughters Meaghan and Kaui, step son Gordon and seven grandchildren Trevor, Merrick, Hanna, Eleanor, Leo, Talcott, and Kiera.