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- Great for surfing very powerful waves
- Beautiful coral reef, nice for snorkeling
- Swimming
Sunset beach on the north shore of Oahu offers a combination of nice surfing conditions, beautiful sun and soft nice sand at the beach. The sand is golden, and there are palm trees ... morethat line up the beach providing shade. In the summer the water is calm and perfect for swimming and snorkeling. A tide pool also can be seen where people often collect shells and observe marine life. The best place to snorkel is in the offshore tide pool around the protected area of the beach.
The winter period is most active. Many surfers converge to Sunset beach which is a world famous beach. Waves can reach 30 feet high, there are very powerful currents. The currents known as Sunset Rip runs on every big swell. Many well known international surfing competitions take place at the beach. Sunset Beach is not the place for beginners. The powerful current sucks back the water with great force that it could potentially hurl inexperienced surfers deep into the ocean.
Sunset Beach is about 2 miles long not very far to two other popular surfing beaches, Ehukai Beach and the Banzai pipeline. The powerful current is such that you may enter the water in a certain area, and just a few minutes later find yourself further down the beach. There are different amenities including lifeguards. Sunset beach is also a very nice place for watching the sunset, which is also the reason the beach was given the name Sunset Beach.
Features: Bathroom, Lifeguards, Parking, Showers
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- Scenic lookout
- Seals at the beach
- Amelia Earhart memorial
Located on the southeast shore of Oahu just at the foothills of Diamond head between Diamond Head Beach Park and Kaalawai Beach, Kuilei Cliff Beach Park. The park provides a nice location ... morefor getting away from crowded picnic areas and also some very fantastic sightseeing. The park has a rocky beach. The location is fantastic for surfing, but you need to have already enough experience since when the swells are up, the waves can be quite high. The park covers an area of about 11 acres, but the beach is quite small and narrow. The beach sand glitters in the sun and have a greenish hue.
Kuilei Cliffs Beach Park is very popular for surfing, windsurfing, snorkeling and fishing. The beach is accessed by walking down a paved trail that is near three drive-in lookouts. The lookouts offer a panoramic view of the surroundings that is breathtaking. The lookout at the center is a memorial site for Amelia Earhart (1898-1939), She was the first women to have flown across the Atlantic Ocean in 1935.
You might encounter some seals warming up at the beach. You should not try to approach them. They are a nice sight to see, but if you get too close, you risk being chased by the seals. They do not like to be bothered much. The area around Kuilei Cliffs Beach Park was not always that beautiful. It was once a dry, dusty and barren cliff. Some $80,000 had been spent for landscaping and irrigation to turn the area on the Makai side of Diamond Head into a lush green walkway leading to Kuilei Cliffs Beach Park. The project was the vision of a woman, Amy Brown, who kept shepherding the city. It was after the attack of September 11, 2001 that Brown thought that the area was a great location for people to rejuvenate their spirit. After four years the then barren land has turned into an enjoyable park great for spending quality time.
Kuilei Cliffs Beach Park has a few facilities that include shower and parking which can be found along Diamond Head Road. There are no lifeguards, but the area is great fun to enjoy the sea if you are experienced. It does not provide very good conditions for swimming.
Type: Beach, Memorial, Scenic Lookout, Surf Break
Features: Drinking water, Parking, Showers
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- Watching the pipeline
- Riding the pipeline
- Braving the wave
The Banzai Pipeline is well known among surfers and found at Ehukai Beach. It literally is a surfing break that takes the shape of a tube. The reef break occurs when ocean waves start ... moreto break as they reach the
shallows of a reef. They form caverns on the inside, hence creating giant air bubbles that pop in front of the wave as it lurches upward just before breaking.
Four types of waves are associated with the Banzai Pipeline. The most commonly surfed, the left (meaning that the wave breaks from the left from the perspective of persons watching on shore), the peak occurs when the reef is hit by a north swell (the highest tipping point of the wave when it begins to curl). The peak becomes an A-framed wave as the pipe starts to close out a bit and peeling to the left. The Backdoor pipeline is also quite famous and occurs as the pipe is peeling away to the right simultaneously.
The
Banzai Pipeline or simply "Pipeline" or "Pipe" is considered the world's deadliest wave. Many surfers have lost their life trying to ride the wave. The take off zone (the location where the surfer needs to be to catch the wave) is quite small. Many surfers congregate there as it is breaking large. Three reefs activate in progressively deeper waters at Pipeline depending on the increasing size of the approaching ocean swell.
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name Banzai Pipeline derives from the name of the beach (Banzai Beach) and the surf break (Pipeline) which has been combined. The name Pipeline
was first used in December 1961 as movie producer Bruce Brown filmed at
the location. Mike Diffenderfer, a surfer in the movie production, made
the suggestion to name the break 'Pipeline'. The name was used in Brown's movie "Surfing Hollow Days".
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- Riding some of the biggest waves in the world
- The Kahanamoku Classic Surfing competition
- The O'Neil World Cup of Surfing competition
The north shores of Oahu offers some fantastic opportunities for enjoying various water sports on some of the best beaches in the world. Sunset beach in particular is world famous ... morefor having some of the most monstrous waves that can be surfed upon. Sunset beach is the widest beach on the island of Oahu and spans some two miles in length.
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surf season generally begins in the winter period, from October through
May. In the summer, the water is calm and mostly enjoyed for swimming.
Surfing at Sunset beach necessitates adequate experience as it can be quite dangerous for inexperienced surfers because of coral formations near the surface that can potentially cause injury. The current is also very powerful that it sucks backwaters with immense power which can potentially pull inexperienced surfers deep into the ocean. The best waves for surfing occurs during the months of December and January. Various contests are held throughout the year such as the O'Neil, World Cup of Surfing competition, or the Duke Kahanamoku Classic Surfing competition.
Many different amenities can be found on the
beach such as showers, restrooms, parking, and vendors selling cold drinks and snacks. Surrounding Sunset beach are attractions, restaurants, galleries, surf shops including the North Shore Surf & Cultural Museum and the North Shore Marketplace.
Features: Bathroom, Equipment rentals, Food for purchase, Lifeguards, Parking, Picnic tables, Showers
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