Pūpūkea

Pūpūkea is on the of Oahu. Pūpūkea is a popular area on Oʻahu's North Shore for surfing, diving, and snorkeling. The best known surfing sites of Velzyland, Sunset, Kammieland, Pūpūkea, ʻEhukai, Pipeline and lesser breaks are arrayed off this shore.
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  • Type: Suburb with 5,130 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Pūpūkea, Hawaii” and “Pūpūkea, HI”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Banzai Pipeline and Sunset Beach.

Photo: Foster and sons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , or simply Pipeline or Pipe, is a surf reef break located in , off Ehukai Beach Park in Pupukea on O'ahu's North Shore. A reef break is an area in the ocean where waves start to break once they reach the shallows of a reef.

Beach
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is on the of Oahu in and known for big wave surfing during the winter season. The original Hawaiian name for this place is Paumalū.

River
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The is a river in on the of in the U.S. state of . The river's main channel is 1.5 miles long and has a watershed spanning 13.6 square miles, with a total length of 24.4 km when its tributaries are included. is situated 1½ miles south of Pūpūkea.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Shore.

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The of the Oʻahu is a coastal area between Kaʻena Point and Kahuku. Its largest town is Haleʻiwa. This area is best known for its massive waves, attracting big wave surfers from all around the world.

Pūpūkea

Latitude
21.66417° or 21° 39′ 51″ north
Longitude
-158.05361° or 158° 3′ 13″ west
Population
5,130
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
Open location code
73H3MW7W+MH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150916851
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
5852824
Wiki­data ID
Q2000499
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“Pūpūkea” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Pupukea”
  • Cebuano: “Pupukea”
  • Chechen: “Пупукеа (Гавай)”
  • Chechen: “Пупукеа”
  • Chinese: “Pupukea”
  • Chinese: “普普基亞”
  • Chinese: “普普科亚”
  • Chinese: “普普科亞”
  • Dutch: “Pupukea”
  • French: “Pūpūkea”
  • German: “Pupukea”
  • German: “Pūpūkea”
  • Gilaki: “پۊپۊکیا (هاوايي)”
  • Gilaki: “پۊپۊکیا”
  • Hebrew: “פופוקיאה”
  • Irish: “Pūpūkea”
  • Italian: “Pūpūkea”
  • Japanese: “ププケア”
  • Ladin: “Pupukea”
  • Ladin: “Pūpūkea”
  • Mazanderani: “پوپوکی”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pupukea”
  • Newari: “पुपुकिया, हवाई”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pupukea (Hawaii)”
  • Norwegian: “Pupukea”
  • Persian: “پوپوکی، هاوایی”
  • Persian: “پوپوکی”
  • Polish: “Pupukea”
  • Portuguese: “Pupukea”
  • Serbian: “Пупукеа”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pupukea, Hawaii”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pupukea”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پوپوکی، هاوایی”
  • Spanish: “Pupukea (Hawái)”
  • Spanish: “Pupukea”
  • Tatar: “Пупукеа (Гавай)”
  • Tatar: “Пупукеа”
  • Ukrainian: “Пупукеа”
  • Urdu: “پوپوکیا، ہوائی”

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