Watch the Contest LIVE on YouTube XXL Waimea Bay
For the first time since 2016, the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitation surf contest is running today, Sunday, January 22nd, 2023 at Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii in 20-25′ Hawaiian scale waves. As of the writing of this post the Waimea Bay buoy is reading 18′ @ 20 seconds, which is solid no matter where you are from!