Because Taranaki\u2019s spherical coast collects 180 degrees of all possible swells, it offers New Zealand\u2019s most consistent surf. For this reason, the 105 kilometre long Highway 45 that hugs this coast is also known as the Surf Highway. Here you can be almost certain that the surf will be pumping somewhere between New Plymouth and Hawera.<\/p>\n
The best wave venues on Surf Highway 45 have names that you’ll never forget. There’s Back Beach, Kumara Patch, Graveyard and The Dump, just to name a few.<\/p>\n
Ever-present on this journey is the looming shape of Mount Taranaki (2518m), a huge volcano which last erupted around 250 years ago. The mountain sits at the centre of Egmont National Park, which has a comprehensive network of hiking tracks.<\/p>\n
To me Mount Taranaki is THE most beautiful mountain that I’ve ever seen, it’s simply perfect and looks so ‘proud’ … even better:\u00a0 to watch this beauty with fresh snow on the top right from the surfboard out in the joy waves of the ‘naki (as locals call taranaki)!<\/p>\n
Here’s the major surf breaks on route (not that I’ve had already the pleasure of testing all of them, nope… however I\u00a0rocked\u00a0a few already and hopefully a few more before I have to leave this stunning corner of New Zealand, which also maks my last stop on my amazing road-trip that took me over 11.000km all over the South and the North island)\u00a0in case u cruiz’ past this paradise coast of surf one day….:<\/p>\n
Major Surf Breaks En Route: Will keep u updated on action @ the ‘naki ! Because Taranaki\u2019s spherical coast collects 180 degrees of all possible swells, it offers New Zealand\u2019s most consistent surf. For this reason, the 105 kilometre long Highway 45 that hugs this coast is also known as the Surf Highway. Here you can be almost certain that the surf will be pumping somewhere between New Plymouth and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1227,1232,1231,349,1229,1228,323,63,1230,1226,1190,42],"class_list":["post-5225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travels","tag-back-beach","tag-dump","tag-graveyards","tag-island","tag-kina","tag-kumara","tag-new-zealand","tag-north","tag-patch","tag-surf-highway","tag-taranaki","tag-waves"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kitegabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kitegabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kitegabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kitegabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kitegabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5225"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.kitegabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5244,"href":"https:\/\/www.kitegabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5225\/revisions\/5244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kitegabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kitegabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kitegabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Ohawe Beach<\/em> \u2013 right-hander, fast, popular for swimming and fishing
\nMangahume<\/em> – A-frame, challenging wave in NE wind
\nThe Dumps<\/em> – best at lower tide
\nOpunake Beach<\/em> – right-hander, high-tide, offshore NE wind
\nArawhata Road<\/em> – right break; left and right in middle of bay
\nKina Road<\/em> – popular windsurfing spot
\nStent Road<\/em> – five spots, working on all tides, offshore NE
\nGraveyards<\/em> – left-hander, SE wind
\nRocky Point<\/em> – Rocky Rights (NE wind) and Rocky Lefts (SE wind)
\nWeld Road<\/em> – good longboard spot
\nAhu Ahu Road<\/em> – gentle left-hander and fast right-hander
\nOakura Beach<\/em> – local club spot, beach break
\nBack Beach<\/em> – West-facing, bars change frequently, deceptive wave size
\nEast End Beach<\/em> – NW-facing, best at mid-high tide
\nFitzroy Beach<\/em> – local club spot, barrels, right and left-hander
\nWaiwhakaiho River Mouth & Groyne<\/em> – left and right off A-frame peak<\/p>\n
\nCatch ya,
\nGabi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"