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Teiki Mathieu Baillan surfing a self-made Alaya surfboard in Macaroni, Mentawaï, Indonesia. Photo by C. Naslain, 2009.
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Mcrakens rock
New Zealand, New Zealand NI, East Cape
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Pourere Beach is very unknown, It is near Aramona and Blackhead beach. As you get close to these places ask locals and they will tell you, about 1 hour trip from Napier. Look on maps, find Pourere road. DistanceDay trip WalkInstant access (< 5min) Easy to find?OK Public access?Public access Special access4x4 |
Surf Spot Characteristics
Alternative name Pourere beach
Surf Spot Quality
Wave qualityRegional Classic
ExperienceAll surfers
FrequencyRegular
Wave
TypeBeach-break
DirectionRight and left
BottomSandy with rock
PowerHollow, Fast, Powerful, Ordinary, Fun, Powerless, Ledgey
Normal lengthShort (< 50m)
Good day lengthLong (150 to 300 m)
Tide, Swell and Wind
Good swell directionSouthEast, East, NorthEast
Good wind directionNorthWest, West, SouthWest
Swell sizeStarts working at 1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft and holds up to 4m+ / 12ft
Best tide positionMid and high tide
Best tide movementRising and falling tides
More details
Week crowdEmpty
Week-end crowdEmpty
Dangers
- Rocks
- Man-made danger (buoys etc..)
Additional Information
DEfinately works best on a higher tide, Good fun surf, not usually any crowd at all. Rocks and reef can be exposed but they're not too dangerous. Sometimes it can break on a certain rock but usually breaks ontop of sand.
Atmosphere
Great atomsphere, great place for a weekend or holiday, there is plenty else to do there to. Surfwise it good, there are varios breaks along the coast so a quad bike is nessasary to find these well hiden spots. Locals are sweet. There are some bach houses there so if you know someone there or rent a bach, or just camp there. Nice place to stay.
General
Great fun spending sumerdays in the surf, awsome wave when it is on, barrels on the inside and crumbly on the outside. DEfinately best to go there is summer months.
Author: Dave Vondervoort Contributors (1)
Comments
By anonymous , 09-08-2005
- I didnt realise it put it on east cape when i was setting it up, oh well im not gona waste n e more of my time on this. I dont really care because its all the wanabees who complain about dis sh*t so im just gona go surfing and score sum knarly pits around da globe, u guys shud 2
By anonymous , 08-08-2005
- Keep your nappies on son. according to Wannasurf.com, Pourere beach is on the map categorised as south east coast. ie, NOT EAST CAPE! It's south of Hawkes Bay.yeah you're right, the world is too big for us mahai poeple (Mahia people).You wouldn't have a chance getting to surf breaks I know about, including the ones in New Zealand.
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By kong , 25-02-2006
nice beach - have surfed it a few times on my body board, caught some nice waves, anomabicuit is wrong about no surf south of mahia, have lived in napier my whole life, and the napier area can have some good sufing, river mouths and a few nice reefs,sonds like anomabiscuit has never been south of mahia, because he would know there is good surfing there.............