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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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 Mikotai

New Zealand, New Zealand NI, West Coast Taranaki

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Datum: WGS84 [ Help ]
Precision: Approximate

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Latitude: 39° 3.257' S
Longitude: 174° 1.759' E

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This spot is behind the main breakwater at the port, right at the base where the breakwater begins. You can see the islands in the photo just offshore.
The swell along the breakwall here starts working at about 2 m and holds up to 3 m or 3.5 m. It only works at low tide, with the wind from the south-east, east or north-east and the swell from the west or the south-west. It's a reef break, both right and left, and the waves are powerful if not especially fast. Length can be good here, with even an average day seeing up to 150 m along the breakwall.

English (Translate this text in English): This spot is behind the main breakwater at the port, right at the base where the breakwater begins. You can see the islands in the photo just offshore.
The swell along the breakwall here starts working at about 2 m and holds up to 3 m or 3.5 m. It only works at low tide, with the wind from the south-east, east or north-east and the swell from the west or the south-west. It's a reef break, both right and left, and the waves are powerful if not especially fast. Length can be good here, with even an average day seeing up to 150 m along the breakwall.

English (Translate this text in English): This spot is behind the main breakwater at the port, right at the base where the breakwater begins. You can see the islands in the photo just offshore.
The swell along the breakwall here starts working at about 2 m and holds up to 3 m or 3.5 m. It only works at low tide, with the wind from the south-east, east or north-east and the swell from the west or the south-west. It's a reef break, both right and left, and the waves are powerful if not especially fast. Length can be good here, with even an average day seeing up to 150 m along the breakwall.

English (Translate this text in English): This spot is behind the main breakwater at the port, right at the base where the breakwater begins. You can see the islands in the photo just offshore.
The swell along the breakwall here starts working at about 2 m and holds up to 3 m or 3.5 m. It only works at low tide, with the wind from the south-east, east or north-east and the swell from the west or the south-west. It's a reef break, both right and left, and the waves are powerful if not especially fast. Length can be good here, with even an average day seeing up to 150 m along the breakwall.

DistanceIn the city

WalkInstant access (< 5min)

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Public access?Public access

Special accessDon't know

 Surf Spot Characteristics

Surf Spot Quality

Wave qualityRegional Classic

ExperienceExperienced surfers

FrequencySometimes break

Wave

TypeReef-rocky

DirectionRight and left

BottomSandy with rock

PowerPowerful

Normal lengthNormal (50 to 150m)

Good day lengthNormal (50 to 150m)

Tide, Swell and Wind

Good swell directionWest, SouthWest

Good wind directionSouthEast, East, NorthEast

Swell sizeStarts working at 2m-2.5m / 6ft-8ft and holds up to 3m+ / 10ft+

Best tide positionLow tide only

Best tide movementRising and falling tides

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Week crowdEmpty

Week-end crowdEmpty

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Dangers

- Urchins
- Rips / undertow
- Rocks
- Sharks

 Additional Information

There's also good waves to be had along the edge of the breakwater, which is in the foreground of this photo. The power station discharges warm water into the sea here so sharks can be common

English (Translate this text in English): There's also good waves to be had along the edge of the breakwater, which is in the foreground of this photo. The power station discharges warm water into the sea here so sharks can be common

English (Translate this text in English): There's also good waves to be had along the edge of the breakwater, which is in the foreground of this photo. The power station discharges warm water into the sea here so sharks can be common

English (Translate this text in English): There's also good waves to be had along the edge of the breakwater, which is in the foreground of this photo. The power station discharges warm water into the sea here so sharks can be common

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By conan james , 23-10-2006

fun,wedgin left - i surfd here with my m8 about a year ago.the port ppl wudnt let us drive thru so we had 2park at the bottom of paratutu rock thn walk dwn a track till we got to this dam and had to paddle ova walkd 4 another 400m thn surfd mikotai,it breaks off a rock and is a left hander tht peels 4 ages.afta catchn a few waves,we paddled 2 the end of the breakwater and surfd tht

By a barlow , 12-06-2006

yea, i had it good too - yea, i've had some great waves here about 15yrs ago with luke and justin souby.

By blainey , 11-12-2005

good waves to b had - this is a v good wave and works more than people think,i worked at port a few years back and used to surf here alone heaps

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