O'ahu Beach Break Surf Spots
Beach Break Surf Spots
O'ahu
O'ahu
O’ahu is home to some world-famous surf breaks, especially the North Shore of O’ahu is renowned for its powerful and challenging waves during the winter months (October to March). Breaks like Pipeline, Sunset Beach, and Waimea Bay attract professional surfers from around the world and hosts various World Surf League (WSL) surf events and the most prestigious big wave surfing event known as “The Eddie Big Wave Invitational”.
Beach Break
Areas in the ocean where the waves break over a sandy bottom are known as beach breaks. The waves at beach breaks are constantly changing because the sand is often shifting because of tides, currents, and storms. You can be surfing flawless peeling lefts one day and close-out waves the next at the same surf spot. The surf break could be in one location one day and 200 yards along the shoreline the next. The constantly shifting bottom produces a very unpredictable and dynamic surf break. Because they have a softer and safer bottom than reef breaks, beach breaks are excellent places for beginning surfers to practice.
