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Mikotai


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New Zealand, New Zealand NI, West Coast Taranaki

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Surf Spot Characteristics
    Surf Quality
 wave qualityRegional Classic
 experienceexperienced surfers
 surf frequencysometimes break
    Wave
typereef-rocky
 directionright and left
 bottomsandy with rock
 power- powerful
 normal lengthnormal (50 to 150m)
 good daynormal (50 to 150m)
    Tide, Swell and Wind
 swell direction- West
- SouthWest
 wind direction- SouthEast
- East
- NorthEast
 swell sizestarts working at 2m-2.5m / 6ft-8ft and holds up to 3m+ / 10ft+
 tide positionlow tide only
 tide movementrising and falling tides
  Author: Alan Barlow
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Mikotai Access
  This spot is behind the main breakwater at the port, right at the base where the breakwater begins. You can see the islands in the photo just offshore.
  distancein the city
  walkinstant access (<5 mn)
  easy to find?easy to find
  public access?public access
  special accessDon't know
    More Details on Surfing
  week crowd empty
week-end crowd empty
  dangers- urchins
- rips / undertow
- rocks
- sharks
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 There's also good waves to be had along the edge of the breakwater, which is in the foreground of this photo. The power station discharges warm water into the sea here so sharks can be common
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comment by conan james, 2006-10-23 22:43:16

fun,wedgin left
i surfd here with my m8 about a year ago.the port ppl wudnt let us drive thru so we had 2park at the bottom of paratutu rock thn walk dwn a track till we got to this dam and had to paddle ova walkd 4 another 400m thn surfd mikotai,it breaks off a rock and is a left hander tht peels 4 ages.afta catchn a few waves,we paddled 2 the end of the breakwater and surfd tht

comment by a barlow, 2006-06-12 14:33:49

yea, i had it good too
yea, i've had some great waves here about 15yrs ago with luke and justin souby.

comment by blainey, 2005-12-11 11:29:39

good waves to b had
this is a v good wave and works more than people think,i worked at port a few years back and used to surf here alone heaps

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