Continent |
Oceania |
Country |
New Zealand |
Next Big City |
Auckland, Whangarei |
Next Town |
Ruakaka |
Type: |
Ocean, River Mouth |
Rider Ability: |
Beginner, Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Shop, Toilet, Parking |
Type: |
Shallow, Flat, Small wave, Medium wave |
Hazards: |
None |
Quality: |
Clean |
Best Tide: |
High tide |
Great waves on the bar on the outside.
Type: |
Sand |
Size: |
Big |
Hazards: |
None |
Beach Users: |
No information |
Beautiful white sand beach for kms in each direction.
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Spring:
|
Normal |
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Summer:
|
Shorts, Shorty |
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Fall:
|
Normal |
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Winter:
|
Normal |
The water is cool in winter, 3/2 wetsuit recommended, warm in summer, shorty or board shorts only.
Best Months: |
January, February, March, April |
Wind Type: |
Frontal |
Best Direction: |
No information |
Main Direction: |
No information |
Good wind all year round, best January to April, cyclone season.
Transport |
Car |
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Access
|
Short walk |
Drive south from Whangarei and get to Ruakaka. Here drive to the river mouth.
Rules |
Zones |
The sand dunes each side of the river mouth are a wildlife area - do not walk on the dunes or drive on the beach. Please note that it is illegal to kiteboard in the Ruakaka River mouth. Wildlife Refuge and 5 knot maximum speed area.
Waipu Pizza barn 10 min drive south has cheap beer and very good wood fired oven pizza.