SURF ATLAS/ HAWAII & USA
Mavericks
🇺🇸 Half Moon Bay, USA
Northern California's cold-water giant, off Half Moon Bay. A deep reef bends huge Pacific swell into a thick, terrifying right (and rare left) that has claimed lives. Frigid, sharky and mountainous, Mavericks is one of the most serious big waves on Earth.
REGION
Hawaii & USA
BREAK
Big Wave
LEVEL
Intermediate
SEASON
Nov–Mar
BEST SWELL
NW / W XXL groundswell
BEST WIND
E–NE offshore
WATCH FOR
Cold, sharks, size, rocks
LIVE REPORT
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