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  2. Banzai Pipeline - Wikipedia

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    First Reef) is the most commonly surfed and photographed. When the reef is hit by a north swell, the peak (the highest tipping-point of the wave where it begins to curl) becomes an A-frame shaped wave, with Pipe closing out a bit and peeling off left, and the equally famous Backdoor Pipeline peeling away to the right at the same time.

  3. Sunset Beach (Oahu) - Wikipedia

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    Sunset Beach is on the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii and known for big wave surfing during the winter season. The original Hawaiian name for this place is Paumalū. It is a two-mile (3.3 km) stretch of mostly beige sand located at 59-104 Kamehameha Highway in Pupukea, 39 miles (63 km) driving distance from Waikiki. Lifeguards are usually present.

  4. Molokai - Wikipedia

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    The south shore of Molokai boasts the longest fringing reef in the U.S. and its holdings—nearly 25 mi (40 km) long. [10] Molokai is part of the state of Hawaii and located in Maui County, Hawaii, except for the Kalaupapa Peninsula, which is separately administered as Kalawao County.

  5. Coral reefs are dying. What one Hawaii resort is doing to help.

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    A 2015 bleaching event wiped out half of Hawaii's coral reefs, and most were off of Hawaii Island and Maui's shores. In the worst-case scenario, scientists say coral reefs could be extinct in 30 ...

  6. WATCH: Surfers ride monster waves at Hawaii competition that ...

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    Hawaii’s Landon McNamara, 28, won with a three-wave point total of 135.8 points. That included a perfect score of 50 on the highest-scoring wave of the contest. He won $50,000 and 350,000 miles ...

  7. List of reefs - Wikipedia

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    The Amazon Reef (also referred to as the Amazonian Reef) is an extensive coral and sponge reef system, located off the coast of French Guiana and northern Brazil. It is one of the largest reef systems in the world known to exist, with scientists estimating its length to be over 600 miles (970 km) long, and covering over 3,600 square miles ...

  8. Hawaii gets an upgrade in coral reef insurance - AOL

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    HAWAII'S CORAL REEF INSURANCE POLICY—Covers reefs across the eight main Hawaiian Islands through Dec. 31, 2024.—Policy is triggered when tropical storm winds of 50 knots or greater occur in ...

  9. Maro Reef - Wikipedia

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    The ship was a Buenaventura class tanker built in WW2, and due to problems with LORAN reception (for navigation) miscalculated its location striking Maro reef. It was rediscovered in 2015 by NOAA divers. At 523 feet long it is the largest ship lost on Maro reef and noted for historical significant as WW2 T2 tank vessel. [2]