White Sands Beach

White Sands Beach is a WSW-facing beach break in Kahaluʻu, Hawaii, United States. It picks up swell from S to WNW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 43% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the ENE: light winds or ENE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while WSW onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: the Kaiwi Channel lets in swell from 320.8° (NW) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 274 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

WSW (250°)

Best swell

SSW to WNW (210°–291°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

NNE to ESE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

S to WNW (171° to 300°)

Rare slot

Kaiwi Channel, 320.8° NW

Offshore wind

ENE

Tide

NOAA station 1617846

Wave buoy

Hilo, Hawaii, HI (188) · 107 km away

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