For most surfers, a glimpse at an early 20th-century black-and-white photograph of Waimea Bay is bound to cause a little head-scratching. Most noticeably, the famous jump rock — normally surrounded by ...

In case you hadn’t heard, it’s been a wet winter in Hawaii. The North Shore of Oahu, in particular, saw heavy rains, flash floods, and dreary conditions during the month of February. The surf wasn’t ...

Outrigger canoe crews are keeping an ancient wave-riding tradition alive at Waimea Bay.

Raging river waves are, well, all the rage. And one of the most famous, most intense, most documented river waves in the world is at Waimea Bay. Native North Shore of Oahu surfers, like Jamie O’Brien, ...

Hundreds gathered at Waimea Bay on Friday for the opening ceremony of the Rip Curl Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, marking the start of the three-month holding period for one of surfing’s most ...

WAIMEA, Hawaii(Island News) -- Beautiful and beastly all at once. The ocean delivered Waimea Bay's biggest waves of the season so far — topping out around 20 feet. Joey Cadiz, a North Shore ocean ...

It’s strange to think of novelty waves as perfect. That’s the whole point of a novelty wave – it’s imperfect, weird and wonky, and therein lies the fun. But recently, on the North Shore of Oahu, the ...

Myra Aikau, middle, sister of Eddie Aikau, was greeted by members of the Royal Order of Kamehameha I at Waimea Bay on Friday. Honoring Eddie Aikau — Waimea Bay’s first lifeguard, who was lost at sea ...