You'll like this place if you like the solitary kind of surfing experience. It is way out on an arm of the east coast and the terrain is wild and rugged, and is suitable for experienced surfers only.
There isn't much beach to speak of here, it's mostly a rocky shoreline with grass on the cliffs and hills above it. Few people ever bother coming this far over, so you're likely to have the place to yourself. If you turn up in summer, you can expect the air temperatures to be in the low to mid 20s so a wetsuit will be fine.
You'll find the best conditions here when the wind is blowing from the south-west or the south, and the swell is coming from the north or the north-east. It only works on a rising tide, and at low or mid tide positions so if you time your arrival carefully you'll find the swell starting at about 1 m and building up to around 2.5 m. It breaks only to the right, over a reef, and the waves here are plenty of fun as they are hollow and fast. Length is often short here but if you catch it on a good day you might get it between 100 and 150 m.
There is just nothing around here, even by New Zealand standards it is one of the most remote spots. You can of course camp nearby, but there is no vehicle access to the beach itself – you will need to park at the end of the road and then work your way through the rocks to the beach.
There are quite a few rocks around here that you'll need to avoid, and there are frequent shark sightings although as these haven’t been known to cause any problems.
