Gas Chambers

Surf Guide

Stuffed between Pupukea and Rocky Point, lay the unappreciated jewel known as Gas Chambers. On a good North or North-West swell, Gas Chambers will shovel into a thick mound of water and break -- first as an open-faced wave on the outside, then as a dredging barrel across the shallow, inside reef -- both left toward Rocky Rights and right toward Pupukea. On the biggest winter days, it is a throttling barrel its entire length. But on average, Gas Chambers is often the choice of surfers uninterested or unwilling to join the nearby performance packs at Pipeline and Rockies, thus throughout the winter season the crowd can be thick morning, noon and night. Nevertheless, Gas Chambers is often a great North Shore warm-up choice that provides rides and barrels that are as good as any punchy Hawaiian reef break.