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Cable Bay Reef


New Zealand, New Zealand SI, North Coast

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Surf Spot Characteristics
  alternative nameCables
    Surf Quality
 wave qualityRegional Classic
 experienceexperienced surfers
 surf frequencyrarely break (5day/year)
    Wave
typereef-rocky
 directionleft
 bottomboulders
 power- hollow
- ledgey
 normal lengthshort (<50m)
 good daylong (150 to 300 m)
    Tide, Swell and Wind
 swell direction- North
- NorthWest
- NorthEast
 wind direction- SouthWest
- South
- SouthEast
- East
 swell sizestarts working at 1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft
 tide positionall tides
 tide movementfalling tide
  Author: Chris Kyngdon
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Cable Bay Reef Access
  Take the turn off at Hira, just before Nelson if heading west. Cable Bay Road, canīt miss it.
Drive north from Nelson for 10mins you will come to a little church on your left hand side of the road, it's signposted on the turnoff, if you reach the shops you have gone too far by 150 meters.
  distancetake a car
  walkshort walk (5-15 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
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 Only really works a few times a year. Has been compared to a mini raglan break in character.
  Overview
  Atmosphere I first surfed this spot after christmas 2002, got some .5m to 1m wind slop, but felt the potential. Surfed it with the local bodyboarder.

The takeoff can be hard if you want to make the most of the wave on a small day. I got pitched by a .5m wave onto a rock. It is deceptive.

You can have some fun if you decide to pull out the old body board 'n flippers.
  General Check it out if you are in the area, but it rarely breaks with class. I saw one stand up barrel photo of it pumping at bout 4 foot.... the 50th storm?
 
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comment by magicman, 2006-01-12 03:55:06

cable bay/next door
i have surfed epic cable bay soooo good and yes next door is the place to get good lefts

comment by old boy, 2004-09-15 02:48:03

short wave
I grew up in Nelson and surfed Cable Bay heaps. Its a short wave,even in optimum conditions it would never even be 150m long, 300m is just ridiculous because the wave only breaks off the end of the point, never down it. Offshore in NE, it is only really any good in a big N swell. Anyone who has surfed Nelson regularly knows where to go for really good lefts..just next door!!

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