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Continent:	Oceania
Country:	New Zealand
Next Big City:	Dunedin (South Island)
Next Town:	Portobello

Type:	Lagoon
Rider Ability:	Beginner, Intermediate, Expert
Features:	Parking

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Water

Type:	Shallow, Chop
Hazards:	Animals, Currents, Ships/Boats, Fisher Nets, Buoys, Wave Breakers / Groynes, Rocks, Stones, Shells, Stakes
Quality:	Crystal Clear
Best Tide:	Low Tide, Coming Tide, Falling Tide

Clean blue water. OK all tides, not much sand at high tide, waist deep low tide. Quite flat at low tide, up to 2 foot chop, no surf. Don't go too far South, as the water gets deep quickly.

Beach

Type:	Grass, Sand
Size:	Depending on Tide
Hazards:	Rocks, Stones, Trees, Road, Power Lines
Beach Users:	None

Some shells. Launch/land on the sand away from road and power lines. Enough room for self launching/landing.

Wind

Best Months:	January, February, March, April, October, November, December
Wind Type:	No Info
Best Direction:	NNE, NE, ENE, SSW, SW, WSW, W
Main Direction:	No Info

3 times a week, often light, need big gear, usually NE or SW. NE best but must be 25-30 knots in city to be good here. Wind is often 10-20 knots, some days more.

How to get there

Transport:	Car, Bus
Access:	No Info

Land at Dunedin airport, minibus to town, car towards Taiaroa Head Albatross Colony, next town past Portobello is called Harwood, Kokamuka St/Stepney Ave is best. Possibly on bus route.

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