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Waimea Bay

Break
Reef
Skill level
Expert
Best season
Winter
Crowds
Medium
Swell
NW, N
Wind
E, SE

Hazards

Hawaii's original big-wave arena. Doesn't break until it's 15+ feet Hawaiian, when a heavy right-hand bowl wraps into the bay with a thumping shorebreak that bodyboarders famously charge.

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