World-class break
Sunset Beach
Oahu, Hawaii, United States21.680, -158.041Reef break · faces NW (315°)
Spot guide
Sunset Beach is an NW-facing reef break in Oahu, Hawaii, United States. It picks up swell from WSW to W and WNW to ENE. Offshore wind here blows from the SE: light winds or SE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while NW onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Reef
- Faces
- NW (315°)
- Best swell
- WNW to N (300°–350°), 11 s or longer
- Best wind
- E to S offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 6–15 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- WSW to W (237.5° to 273°); WNW to ENE (295° to 70.5°)
- Offshore wind
- SE
- Tide
- NOAA station 1612668
- Wave buoy
- Waimea Bay, HI (106) · 8 km away
- Cams
- None yet
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