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Sunset Beach

Sunset Beach 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.
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Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Beach
  • Description: beach on the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii
  • Also known as: “Paumalū Beach”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Banzai Pipeline and Waimea River.

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.

River
Photo: Daniel Ramirez, CC BY 2.0.
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 2½ miles southwest of Sunset Beach.

Protected area
Photo: Ruirosiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a National Historic Landmark and IEEE Milestone that commemorates the first operational use of radar by the United States in wartime, during the attack on Pearl Harbor. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Sunset Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Shore.

Photo: Daniel Ramirez, CC BY 2.0.
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.

Sunset Beach

Latitude
21.67088° or 21° 40′ 15″ north
Longitude
-158.04608° or 158° 2′ 46″ west
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
Open location code
73H3MXC3+9H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 12541972
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­beach
Open­Street­Map feature
sport=­swimming
Open­Street­Map feature
sport=­surfing
Geo­Names ID
5853777
Wiki­data ID
Q7641228
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Satellite Map

Discover Sunset Beach from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sunset Beach” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Sunset Beach (lapyahan sa Estados Unidos, Hawaii)”
  • Cebuano: “Sunset Beach”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شط الغروب”
  • Finnish: “Sunset Beach”
  • French: “Sunset Beach (Oahu)”
  • French: “Sunset Beach”
  • Hebrew: “חוף סאנסט”
  • Japanese: “サンセット・ビーチ (オアフ島)”
  • Swedish: “Sunset Beach”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sunset Beach”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.