A weekend in the surfiest city in New Zealand, where first light hits the water before anywhere else. Wainui's banks stretch for kilometres ten minutes from town, the Pipe barrels when the swell lines up, and Tolaga Bay's long walls wait up the coast for Sunday. Warm water by NZ standards, waves every single day.
Day 1 is today. Forecast refreshes every 3 hours.
Gisborne / East Cape · 3hr session
Saturday dawn at NZ's most consistent town beach. Pick your bank from Pines to Stock Route, and watch for the locals who have surfed it since primary school.
Gisborne / East Cape · 3hr session
The afternoon call when the swell has punch. Hollow, shifty and heavier than it looks from the carpark. Watch a few sets before you commit.
Gisborne / East Cape · 4hr session
Sunday mission 45 minutes up SH35. Long right-hand walls off the point on a southerly swell, and the longest wharf in the country to walk afterwards.
Aotearoa Surf can help with lessons, board hire and accommodation across most North Island routes. Get in touch for a guided run of any of these trips.
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