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North Shore surf

O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi

Images from the seven-mile miracle.

A collection of surf photos that will continue to grow. Winter 2023 and 2024 so far featuring Pipeline, Sunset, and Waimea Bay.

 

The Hawaiian scale generally equates a wave height to about half or 2/3 of the Face Height measurement. This method, also known as the “from the back” measurement, looks at height based on the back of the wave instead of the face. For example, an 8 ft wave by the face height scale would be a 4 ft wave by the Hawaiian scale.
—Jamie O’Brien