New Zealand

Imagine, for a moment, the blueprint of your ideal wave region: a circular headland jutting out to sea, with a 270° window that offers a launch to suit almost every wind direction. A cone shaped mountain in the middle accelerates any wind to a planing strength thermal on sunny days, its volcanic origin having provided nice defined lava reefs in the water and lush green vegetation on land. Place this spot 39° South so it scores frontal winds all year round and is bombarded by huge swells from the Roaring Forties and Furious Fifties. Bingo! You just imagined Taranaki, New Zealand’s premier wave region.

Regions in New Zealand

Taranaki

Imagine, for a moment, the blueprint of your ideal wave region: a circular headland jutting out to sea, with a 270° window that offers a launch to suit almost every wind direction. A cone shaped mountain in the middle accelerates any wind to a ...

Auckland

About 100km north to south, by area Auckland is one of the ten largest cities on Earth. Even so, no part of it is more than 10km from the ocean – its narrowest point being just 5km from east to west coast. With 1.3-million people yet a million ...

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