Teiki Mathieu Baillan surfing a self-made Alaya surfboard in Macaroni, Mentawaï, Indonesia. Photo by C. Naslain, 2009.
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This is the deep south - cold water and a climate not too different to Scotland.
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Your favourites and future surf spot lists
Surf Spots (15) | ![]() ![]() |
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Quality | Direction | Type | Frequ | Experience |
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Blackhead | 4 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | |
Blue Tops | 1 / - | ![]() |
Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | ||
Bobs Point | - / - | Right | Point-break | ![]() |
Experienced surfers | ||
Brighton Beach | 3 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | Experienced surfers | ||
Burgess bay | - / - | Left | Beach-break | All surfers | |||
Dinner Plates | 10 / - | ![]() |
Right | Reef-rocky | Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
Green Island | - / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky | ![]() |
Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
Greeny's | - / - | Right and left | Reef-coral | ![]() |
Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
Jacks bay | - / - | Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | ||
Long Point | 2 / - | Left | Point-break | ![]() |
Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
Muncher | 1 / - | Right | Reef-coral | ![]() |
Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
Papatowai | 3 / - | ![]() |
Right | Reef-rocky | ![]() |
Pros or kamikaze only... | |
Porpoise Bay | 3 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
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Saber Reef | - / - | ![]() |
Left | Reef-rocky | Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
Secrets 7 | - / - | Right | Reef-coral | ![]() |
Pros or kamikaze only... |
Brighton beach |
Dinner plates |
Dinner plates |
Dinner plates |
By Anonymous , 10-07-2006
Biggest waves - Biggest waves ever ridden in Australasia along the Catlins!!
By Anon , 30-11-2003
Pumps - I agree mate the Catlins pump whether it be some of da sickest beachies in NZ to some insane reefs to 20 foot maverick like waves the Catlins comes up wit da goods
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By Anonymous , 24-12-2008
Go to this link, good spot in nz - Have a look at this spot on the south island of NZ.
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=-46.22088,166.774135&spn=0.016153,0.030255&t=h&z=15