The shape of the sea bottom makes these famous waves of Waimea Bay. As the ocean floor suddenly goes from very deep to shallow near the north shore of Oahu, the waves are forced upwards into the ...

Because Waimea only breaks on the big swells, every wave is extremely dangerous. The shorebreak. Dirty water during heavy rainfall. Easy: But when the Bay is breaking, parking in the Waimea Bay ...

For The EDDIE to run, wave heights must consistently ... Healy and his peers with similar long-standing invitations eagerly watch the Waimea Bay weather report each year to see if, this time ...

Probably one of the dumbest things I’ve ever done in my life. I don’t even know where I am. I pop up in the middle of Waimea Bay, 300 yards out in the middle of the ocean and the waves are 15 ...

Still mulling it over, I realize I’m standing ... wave that needs to meet certain parameters to work properly. But without its unique bathymetry that requires such a specific swell, Waimea Bay ...

Shark warning signs have been posted at Waimea Bay on Oahu’s North Shore. Honolulu Ocean Safety says an 8-to 19-foot shark was observed near shore where the river empties into the ocean at ...

Surfers caught waves as tall as 50 feet high Sunday in Hawaii, producing epic rides and wipeouts during the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational. More than 20,000 spectators showed up at Waimea Bay ...

The 23-year-old Slebir, of Santa Cruz, has a remarkable knack of not only launching into the biggest waves, but standing tall through ... the very first lifeguard at Waimea Bay (1967), and a ...

Shark warning signs have been posted at Waimea Bay on Oahu’s North Shore. Honolulu Ocean Safety says an 8-to 19-foot shark was observed near shore where the river empties into the ocean at Waimea Bay.