NW,SW for Papaaroha. There are camp grounds, sand beaches, parking and rigging etc. A huge swell builds in an easterly cyclone. Mean side-shorerip after a few days of NE weather. Sailing can be done either in the harbour or at the ocean beach.
Easterly directions are onshore at the ocean beach.
Flat in the harbour, and huge on the ocean beach in a cyclone. The mean beach break when it gets big. 54 Laing Crescent, Heathcote Valley, Christchurch, Auckland, New Zealand. It is also usually available from most windsurfing shops around New Zealand. 54 Laing Crescent, Heathcote Valley, Christchurch, Auckland, New Zealand.