Good parking and rigging areas. You can go cruising right up the harbour on a longboard. Other directions are Ok but gusty. The dolphins come in occasionally. If conditions are no good on the other side, they will be good on this side.
Easterly directions are onshore.
Good ocean swell and chop for jumping, best out on the reefs. Rugged beach break. It is also usually available from most windsurfing shops around New Zealand.