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Continent:	Oceania
Country:	New Zealand
Next Big City (Airport):	Christchurch
Next Town:	Clifton
Latitude:	-43.5662
Longitude:	172.7581
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Type:	- Ocean - River Mouth	Rider Ability: - Beginner - Intermediate - Expert

Good for:	- Kitesurf - Windsurf	Features: - Parking

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Water

Type:	- Shallow - Flat - Small Wave (< 1m) - Medium Wave (1-3m)	Hazards: - Currents - Rocks

Quality:	No Information	Best Tide: - Low Tide

Few rocks in the water.

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Beach

Type:	- Sand	Size: - Medium

Hazards:	- Rocks	Location crowds: - January - December

Deep, sandy beach. Few rocks to the east.

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Weather

Spring:	- Normal Wetsuit	Summer: - Shorty

Fall:	- Normal Wetsuit	Winter: - Thick Wetsuit / Drysuit

Full wetsuit October and November, shorty after that. Winter very cold.

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Wind

Wind Statistic Wind Forecast Wind Report

Best Months:	- January - February - March - October - November - December	Wind Type: - Thermal Winds

Best Direction:	- N - NNE - NE - ENE - E - ESE - SE	Main Direction: - NE

Main season October to March, with wind from the Northeast. Usually less than 20 knots but sometime stronger. Usually Northeast 3 or 4 days a week but sometimes only light. Northerly also good goes from about 20 knots up. Wind not good in winter. NW winds works here as well, but is gusty and offshore on the ocean.

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How to get there

Transport:

- Car

Access:

- Short Walk

At the river mouth in Clifton.

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Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info

Rules:

- Restricted Zones

Don't pass between the flags on a surf patrolled beach.

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