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Level 8/10

Sandy Beach

SE Coast, Oahu, USA (HI)
⚠️Shallow🌀Strong rips😮‍💨Hold-downs

Sandy Beach is one of the most powerful shorebreaks in Hawaii—a thick, detonating shore pound that's primarily a bodysurf and bodyboard wave. Red Bull Foam Wreckers venue. Not a traditional paddle-in surf wave, but iconic in its own right.

3-Day Forecast
Today
30
15
Poor
1.0m
@14s
21km/h
Tue
31
0
Poor
0.8m
@14s
22km/h
Wed
1
13
Poor
0.9m
@13s
19km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Swell
1.0m
NE(52°)
Score: 9/25
Period
14s
Long period groundswell
Score: 25/25
Wind
21km/h
NE(44°)
Score: 1/25
Weather
22°C
0.0mm68%
Windswell Component
1.0mNE@4s
Secondary Swell
0.4mNNE
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
morning
AM: 15 km/h NNE|PM: 23 km/h NE
15 km/h vs 23 km/h afternoon
Low tide at 8am (0.3m)

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

1:37 am
High tide - 0.86m
8:06 am
Low tide - 0.29m
1:54 pm
High tide - 0.72m
7:42 pm
Low tide - 0.32m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

15
Poor
Components
Swell Direction0/25
Swell Size9/25
Swell Period25/25
Wind1/25
Raw Score35/100
Adjustments
🌊💨 Windswell-5
⚠️ Weak Component-15
Adjusted Score15/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score15
🌊💨 Windswell

Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction
S (170°)
Direction range
150° - 200°
Size range
0.9m - 2.4m
Ideal size
1.9m
Height multiplier
0.97×
Ideal period
12s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction
NNW (340°)
Offshore range
300° - 20°

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide
low to mid

Water temp

26°C

Wetsuit

Boardshorts / Rashguard

Bottom

Sand

Max wave face

3m+

Board

Shortboard

Consistency

7/10

Difficulty

8/10

Crowd level

7/10

Access: Beach access at Sandy Beach Park. Large parking lot.

Best Season

Peak: May-Sep

Secondary: Apr, Oct

May-Sep. Incredible bodysurf/bodyboard shorebreak. Extremely powerful and dangerous.

Getting There

Airport
HNL
Drive time
25 min
Data quality
community

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