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Pipeline (Banzai Pipeline)

Break
Reef
Skill level
Expert
Best season
Winter
Crowds
Very high
Swell
NW, N, W
Wind
E, NE
Location
21.6647, -158.0534

Hazards

  • Very shallow reef
  • Heavy crowd
  • Strong currents
  • Localism

The world's most famous wave. A heavy, hollow left-hand reef breaking over a shallow lava shelf at Ehukai Beach, with the Backdoor right peeling off the same peak. Iconic in surfing and bodyboarding — Mike Stewart's home wave.

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