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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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Jacks Point
New Zealand, New Zealand SI, SE Coast
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Datum: WGS84 [ Help ] |
Latitude: 44° 25.911' S |
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After driving through Timaru township heading south, take turn a turn down Scarborough Road. DistanceTake a car WalkInstant access (< 5min) Easy to find?OK Public access?Public access Special access4x4 |
Surf Spot Characteristics
Surf Spot Quality
Wave qualityRegional Classic
ExperienceExperienced surfers
FrequencyRegular
Wave
TypeReef-rocky
DirectionRight
BottomBoulders
PowerHollow, Powerful
Normal lengthShort (< 50m)
Good day lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Tide, Swell and Wind
Good swell directionSouth, SouthEast
Good wind directionWest
Swell sizeStarts working at 1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft and holds up to 2m+ / 6ft+
Best tide positionMid and high tide
Best tide movementRising tide
More details
Week crowdFew surfers
Week-end crowdCrowded
Dangers
- Rips / undertow
- Rocks
- Localism
- Sharks
Additional Information
Surfing this place well requires knowledge of untangling the large bull kelp that wraps around your legs, and legrope. It´s a very heavy, bowley wave on its day and demands respect.
Atmosphere
This spot is a little sketchy on your first day out there because of a number of things. One, there is a large great white shark colony in this southern area. Secondly, there is a grumpy old local that lives opposite the break and thinks that he owns it. I forget the dudes name, but he usually surfs it with all his buddies & his two dogs stand guard on the beach. If he´s there, take my leave as he´s a bit agro.
General
Great set up, shame about the one hardened local.
Author: Anonymous Contributors (2)
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Comments
By anonymous , 21-03-2005
Those crap pics again - WANNASURF should remove their invitation to let them know if surf spots have errors if they don't have the time to correct them, - it only leads to frustration as lots of surfers see their suggestions come to nothing.The original Jacks Point write-up devoted time to slagging a local surfer, generating a follow-up of abusive letters, something we're pleased to see has since been discouraged by WANNASURF.
By webmaster @ wannasurf.com , 28-02-2005
too much data - As we have pointed out before, we do this in our spare-time; and cannot keep up with all the submitted data. There are over 5000 new spots to be added and 9000 spots that have been 'edited' - which we have not got time to review. If you want to help; write to me!
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By webmaster @ wannasurf.com , 21-03-2005
editing - Good point... we simply haven't had time to add all new spots let alone edit old ones (we still do all this in our spare time....); and yes we should maybe take down the 'edit' function. If anyone wants to help out as a region-editor - mail me!