Go to Maketu off Highway, go past the beachstore up the hill & on to dirt track to bring you to backbeach of Maketu. Can park right at the spot. Pay $2 at the gate which is an honesty system.
Smile at the locals. Some guys live here that are pretty hardy. I think the places need a bit of swell not typical of this coast, but on this day it was fun.
Overview
Atmosphere
Make sure you have checked your weather & swell map before going here as it does not get heaps of swell. We surfed the day after the cyclone swell hit. The photos are well into the afternoon. The next day no swell & no one out!! Probably the other side of the headland north gets more swell.
General
Good fun on its day Camp ground at Bedisloe Beach (just south of Maketu) nice friendly people.
I surf here all the time when the mount gets crowded...you can get some good waves here and if you catch the estuary mouth going off your in luck...can get a bit crowded around xmas time though.
comment by anonymous, 2004-09-08 22:21:19