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.
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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
👥 Summer Break (Jun 15 – Aug 25) — expect extra crowds
Access: Beach access at Sandy Beach Park. Large parking lot.
Sandy Beach works best on a low to mid tide. The tide chart above shows today’s strike window.
Offshore wind at Sandy Beach blows from the NNW (340°). Anything in the 300° to 20° range grooms the faces; outside it, expect chop or bumpy conditions.
Sandy Beach wants S swell (150° to 200°) between 0.9m and 2.4m, with a period of 12s or more for quality waves.
The main season at Sandy Beach is May-Sep. A secondary window runs Apr, Oct. May-Sep. Incredible bodysurf/bodyboard shorebreak. Extremely powerful and dangerous.
Fly into HNL, then allow about 25 minutes by road. Beach access at Sandy Beach Park. Large parking lot.
Sandy Beach is a beach break, a peak with lefts and rights over a sand bottom. Difficulty is rated 8/10.
Peak: May-Sep
Secondary: Apr, Oct
May-Sep. Incredible bodysurf/bodyboard shorebreak. Extremely powerful and dangerous.
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