Sunset Beach surf forecast
North Shore, Oahu
Sunset Beach is well overhead with 10-second swell and moderate offshore wind - surfable, nothing special.
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Surf conditions
- FlatNothing to ride
- PoorSmall, messy or blown out
- Poor to FairGetting there
- FairDecent conditions
- Fair to GoodFun waves
- GoodA great session
- EpicRare. Drop everything
The nearest spots today, best first
About this spot
- Works
- 7ft-20ft · 12s+
- Tide
- Mid to high
- Break
- Reef
- Level
- Expert
- Faces
- NW
- Offshore wind
- S/SE/E
Worth knowing: strong current, big paddle, shifting peaks.
Sunset Beach is a reef break - the bottom doesn't move, so it breaks in the same place every swell.
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Common questions
Why is Sunset Beach hard to surf?
The peak shifts across a wide, deep reef, the paddle is long, and a strong current runs west along it. Reading where the next set will stand up is the whole skill.
How big does Sunset get?
It holds anything up to about 15 ft Hawaiian, when most of the coast is closing out. Its best size is 8 to 12 ft.
What swell does Sunset need?
North-west to north. A west swell makes it a different, more closed-out wave; north-west lines up the point.
Is Sunset good for intermediates?
Not on a real swell. On a small autumn or spring day the inside can be manageable, but it is an expert wave when it is the wave people mean.