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Hickory Bay


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New Zealand, New Zealand SI, NE Coast

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Surf Spot Characteristics
    Surf Quality
 wave qualityRegional Classic
 experienceall surfers
 surf frequencyregular
    Wave
typebeach-break
 directionright and left
 bottomsandy
 power- powerful
- fun
 normal lengthshort (<50m)
 good daynormal (50 to 150m)
    Tide, Swell and Wind
 swell direction- South
- SouthEast
 wind direction- North
- NorthWest
- NorthEast
 swell sizestarts working at less than 1m / 3ft and holds up to 2m+ / 6ft+
 tide positionall tides
 tide movementrising and falling tides
  Author: Anonymous
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Hickory Bay Access
  follow signs for hickory bay, park at the farm, walk through the cow paddock.
  distancetake a car
  walkshort walk (5-15 mn)
  easy to find?OK
  public access?
  special accessDon't know
    More Details on Surfing
  week crowd ok
week-end crowd ok
  dangers- rips / undertow
- rocks
  webcam url
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  Atmosphere Nice fun wave, good place to surf when cristchurch is not getting the south swell.
  General enjoyable, serene
 
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DatumWGS84 [ Help ]
GPS Lat.43° 46.65979' S
GPS Long.173° 6.53984' E
PrecisionApproximate
 
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comment by Anonymous, 2007-10-28 05:40:20

Hickery
PS....What's with the complaints about the state of the access. THe beauty of Hickery is that it is rugged and isolated, a wee bit of a mission. That's why it rarely gets crowded. Don't complain so much...it's a trade-off for having the line-up to yourself

comment by Anonymous, 2007-10-28 05:35:16

Hickery
Have surfed hickery about five times, size ranged from 2 ft to some 8 ft sets today! A damn fine beachbreak if your asking me, barrels to be had, a bit of power. Was closing out today though, and the sets were just chunky and gnarly. Like the sign there says, 'fat magnet for fags' and 'no ugly chicks' haha

comment by R Chapman, 2007-09-17 08:35:22

Hickory Bay
I first surfed Hickory 19years ago at that time only a handfull of people knew about the place, i lived a few bays away at pigeon bay for a couple of years and surfed Hickory several times a week on my own. I've seen some of the widest barrels, the take off sometimes there is almost an unmakable platform, when it gets really big deep in the left corner is evil huge big axeing lefts on the massive south swells. The lefts in the corner are mechanical and you can go ballistic on your backhand. Looking back now i'm extremely surprised i never saw a shark when i surfed 2years there on my own 3-4times a week, but i definitley believe that great whites would visit the bay regulary- so definitley risky surfing there on youre own.
I've also had the next bay over (Goughs) really good on the right conditions, also very sharky feel about it, theres so much marine life around the peninsula.

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