Between Takapuna and Whangaparoa Peninsular, Milford is the best known of a number of beaches similar to Takapuna, wavesailing in E or SE winds. Whangaporoa Peninsula . Continue up the North Shore to Orewa. A little bit of surf does sometimes sneak in when the wind comes from the East. Good in most wind directions.
Southerlies are offshore and gusty.
Crowds in summer holidays and weekends. Available from Windscene Mission Bay. Heaps of parking and grass rigging, windsurf shop and school , and McDonalds nearby. Tamaki Beach Yacht Club . Just west of Mission Bay, Tamaki has been the focal point of windsurfing in Auckland from early on, although the only real thing in it's favour is it's the best spot in the prevailing SW, and is sailable on all tides.