Sunset Beach

Sunset Beach is approximately two mile long with a summer average width of over 200 feet, making it the widest white sand beach on Oahu. The portion of the beach fronting the beach [park is approximately one mile long. During the winter months high surf erodes the beach and narrows it considerable. Park facilities include portable restrooms and roadside parking.

During the summer months, Sunset Beach is a popular roadside swimming stop for visitors circling the island, but its major attraction is its surfing waves during the winter months. Sunset Beach is one of the best surfing sites in the world, especially for big waves over ten feet high. It is the home of the Triple Crown of Surfing, one of the premier events on the professional surfing tour, and is the preferred site for many other surfing contests. Surfers the world over consider Sunsets waves to be among the most dangerous and challenging they have ever ridden.

A few of the activities at Sunset Beach are bodyboarding, surfing, and swimming

High surf generates dangerous water conditions, including powerful shorebreaks, longshore currents, rip currents, and backwashes sweeping across the foreshore. The high surf season normally occurs during the winter and spring months, beginning in October and ending in May. Lifeguards are on duty daily. Check with them before going in the water.

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