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Teiki Mathieu Baillan surfing a self-made Alaya surfboard in Macaroni, Mentawaï, Indonesia. Photo by C. Naslain, 2009.
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Goat Island Reef
New Zealand, New Zealand NI, NE Coast
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Datum: WGS84 [ Help ] |
Latitude: 36° 16.18' S |
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Goat Island is NZ's most popular marine reserve to snorkel and dive in...Signposted all the way from Warkworth, Just get to Warkworth on main highway from Auckland...At beach walk about 300 meters to your left and look for perfect peeling waves... DistanceDay trip WalkShort walk (5-15 mn) Easy to find?OK Public access?Public access Special accessDon't know |
Surf Spot Characteristics
Surf Spot Quality
Wave qualityRegional Classic
ExperienceExperienced surfers
FrequencyRarely break (5day/year)
Wave
TypeReef-rocky
DirectionRight
BottomReef (coral, sharp rocks etc..)
PowerHollow, Powerful, Fun, Ledgey
Normal lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good day lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Tide, Swell and Wind
Good swell directionNorth, NorthEast
Good wind directionWest, SouthWest, South, SouthEast, East
Swell sizeStarts working at 1.5m-2m /5ft-6ft and holds up to 3m+ / 10ft+
Best tide positionMid and high tide
Best tide movementRising and falling tides
More details
Week crowdFew surfers
Week-end crowdCrowded
Dangers
- Urchins
- Rips / undertow
- Rocks
- Localism
- Sharks
Additional Information
Park in main car park on top of cliff, walk down to beach, you'll see it...Its a hollow wave that breaks in the same place every time, perfect...It works in almost any wind from W, SW, S, SE ,E as it is well protected by large cliffs...Needs big North Swell...
Atmosphere
Amazing spot to surf in, an area of water alive with marine life, Awsome scenery with cliffs! And Northern Coast in the distance...
General
This spot is SOOO good, even though it rarely works its worth goin there when it does, I've scored it to myself and my friend twice now, Both times epic as...My favourite right hander in New Zealand...
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Comments
By Anonymous , 05-07-2008
sucks - sucks been here heaps and its never any good..heaps of drop-in groms and closeouts.cut off pete's a psycho.
By Anonymous , 09-03-2007
aucklander - not really worth a look,could be firing at all the other and this ones dribbling,suit yourself but i used to live in the area and it wasnt really considered.
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By fameis , 20-04-2009
fickle but sick - having surfed this place double overhead pumping its def not a myth, but it rarely breaks, wuldnt bother checking unless its 6ft on the east coast