About Sunset Beach
Sunset Beach is a wide, sandy beach on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, a short way east along the coast from Pipeline and a little further from Waimea Bay. Its surf breaks over a broad reef a long way out from the sand, so the wave is generally described as shifting from one peak to another rather than standing in one place, which is often said to make it a difficult spot to read. The biggest and most frequent waves usually arrive in the northern winter, commonly from around November to March, when swells from the north-west round to the north-east reach the island. Sunset has hosted professional contests for decades and has long been one of the stops used to decide season-long titles on the North Shore. The reef is considered shallow in places and the currents strong, so it is widely regarded as a spot for experienced surfers.
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