I didn't have much luck on the West Coast this trip. The winds are really tough on this side with the typical SW flow obviously creating stiff onshores for most spots. Looked at some amazing coastline along the road north and can imagine that with the right conditions there'd be many waves going off. I'd love to surf one of the rivermouths below the Glaciers and the sub-tropical rainforest that covers this section of the island. Next time....
I did end up surfing Cobden near Greymouth. The north side of the river has some brown water and some decent peaks somewhat like a Newport jetty wave. On the positive side, it was protected from the wind and the water was about 10 degrees warmer than the East Coast. Had a fun surf with a guy from Wales, (he seemed to think it was great), and a couple other locals recovering from their Christmas fun.
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i'm still slogging my way thru the flicker maize of identity protection secret, names and pass the word on ,, but i will prevail it is hard to think of a word other than surf that i can remember and have eight letters and is a secret that ican pull up at will, so what the world has bigger problems to solve... but i'm working on it and enjoy your and heddas flicker blogs constantly and in review love dad
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