Every few years, it happens. The surf at Waimea Bay Beach Park range exceeding 20 feet. Competitors in the Quicksilver Big Wave Invitational in memory of their tables ready tsub Eddie surf and paddle out for a walk of these monster waves.

The Great Wave Quicksilver or "Eddie" is one of its kind. Named after the legendary North Shore surfer Oahu's first lifeguard, the tournament was only 7 times since 184 due to the condition that the waves should be 20 feet or greater in Waimea Bay. The last tournament was held in December 2004 during which the waves reached heights of 50 feet.

Waimea Bay Beach Park has been ranked among the 10 best big-wave surfing spots in the world. No doubt it — when the surf is up, the waves here can reach from 12 feet to 30 feet and more. However, the big wave breaks only a few times a year. However, despite Waimea Bay lost the prestige it once had and have the best site in the world (as soon as other beaches on the North Coast was discovered that the extent premium), the bay is still home to the largest and most spectacular waves in the world. And yet, still have an important place in the world of surfing.

Like other North Shore beaches, Waimea Bay Beach Park is "bipolar". In winter, the waves are big, fast and deadly. Summer is so quiet and relatively safe for swimming and surfing waves rookie. On one side of the beach, there is still "Rock", a point of diving and snorkeling in the bay. When the waves below, you also find here the practice of climbers, and they just want to add extra fun jumping off the rock into the water.

Amenities: lifeguards, picnic areas, restrooms, showers, phones

5 things different:

• Waimea Bay is one of the filming the location of the television series "Lost."
• Waimea Bay, where he was the first contact between Hawaiians and foreigners took place. Also was where the discovery and the Resolution, Captain James Cook's ship, docked to fetch water on their way to Kauai after Cook was killed in a skirmish with natives in 1779.
• In 1793, Dedalus Vancouver captain, the ship that brought the second group of foreigners to visit Hawaii, Waimea coupled, too.
• Waimea means "reddish water" in Hawaiian.
• Waimea Bay Beach Park is the home of "The Eddie" or the Quicksilver Big Wave Invitational in memory of Eddie Aikau.

Plan your Hawaii vacation and come to enjoy Waimea Beach park and other Oahu beaches.

Guillaume Nery World Record Free Dive