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Surf Quality |
| | wave quality | Standard (means good) |
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| | surf frequency | regular |
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Wave |
| type | beach-break |
| | direction | right and left |
| | bottom | sandy with rock |
| | power | - fast
- fun
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| | normal length | short (<50m) |
| | good day | normal (50 to 150m) |
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Tide, Swell and Wind |
| | swell direction | - NorthWest
- SouthWest
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| | wind direction | - NorthWest
- West
- SouthWest
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| | swell size | starts working at 1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft and holds up to 2.5m+ / 8ft+ |
| | tide position | low and mid tide |
| | tide movement | rising and falling tides |
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Author: Anonymous
Contributors (1)
They surfed this spot ! (12)
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Porpoise Bay Access |
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Take the highway towards the southern scenic route towards the catlins coming form invercargill or Dunedin, follow the signs for curio bay, you'll find it, there are multiple car parks, a big one at the end on the headland by the fossil forest, or mutiple little ones along the back of the dunes. |
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distance | take a car |
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walk | instant access (<5 mn) |
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easy to find? | OK |
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public access? | public access |
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special access | Don't know |
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More Details on Surfing |
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week crowd |
empty |
| week-end crowd |
ok |
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dangers | - rips / undertow
- rocks
- sharks
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Additional Surfing Infos |
| | It gets good if the other spots around the catlins are either too big or too small. The beach is stunning, and there are never that many people out. In the summer its a popular beach with the tourists form Dunedin and Invercargill, and other travellers. Good place to camp out, and chill out with your buddies.
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Atmosphere |
This spot is great. I love surfing it whenever I can get there. It has a spooky look about it on a big cold winters day, but then so do most places this cold. You can usaully spot alot of marine wildlife around like dolphins, porpoises (hence name) seals and there has been the occasional sharkie sighting (dont freak!) It has a stunning backdrop of the catlins and on a good day you can see for miles, and even get a glimpse of stewart island which is cool stuff. The beach is long, one end (west) is protected by the strong NW winds, and the the other is nicely exposed on the smaller days, so its only a matter of walking up and down the beach to find a good bank for the day. |
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I love this place, the surf, the environment, its all pretty special. And when it gets good, IS GET GOOD! |
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Geo-localization |
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| Datum | WGS84 [ Help ] |
| GPS Lat. | 46° 39.26311' S |
| GPS Long. | 169° 6.29974' E |
| Precision | Approximate |
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comment by Anonymous, 2008-06-16 10:53:54